We Who Believe in Freedom: The Life and Times of Ella Baker

By Lea E. Williams

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865264880
• ISBN13: 9780865264885
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8