The second volume in the True Tales for Young Readers series, this
short biography of the civil rights leader is intended for middle
school and high school readers. Ella Baker, who grew up in
Littleton, North Carolina, is best remembered for the role she
played in facilitating in April 1960 the organizational meeting of
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at Shaw University,
her alma mater. With passion and clear understanding, Lea E.
Williams outlines the life that brought Baker to this crucial point
in U.S. history.