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- NAME: Ella Baker
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist
- BIRTH DATE: December 13, 1903
- DEATH DATE: December 13, 1986
- EDUCATION: Shaw University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Norfolk, Virginia
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Full Name: Ella Josephine Baker
- Nickname: "Fundi"
- AKA: Ella Baker
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Civil rights activist Ella Baker worked with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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Her life and accomplishments were chronicled in the 1981 documentary Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker. "Fundi" was her nickname, which comes from a Swahili word that means a person who passes down a craft to the next generation.
Baker died on her 83rd birthday, on December 13, 1986, in New York City.
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