History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1976 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ella Baker and SNCC
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The idea
In April nineteen sixty the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded, shaped by Ella Baker, who had left King's SCLC disenchanted with its distant, professional leadership, the Yawp says.
In practice
Baker's principle of participatory democracy, built on active citizens rather than educated elites.
Where people slip
The movement of popular memory is a few famous leaders; Baker's idea was the opposite.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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