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Dr. Barbara Ransby is the John D. MacArthur Chair and Distinguished Professor in the departments of African American studies, gender and women's studies, and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision mostrar más and Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century. mostrar menos

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Excellent review of Baker's activist career. Focusing on her leadership style and influence in a variety of different organization. Text does tend to jump around a little bit chronologically speaking but that's really just a minor personal peeve thing rather than a detriment to the text. I find that the greatest value of this book is the Bakers desire to empower people to be their own leaders and how she lived that praxis while navigating the various political affiliations of a 5 decade activist career.… (más)
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_praxis_ | otra reseña | Mar 4, 2018 |
Most know the legacy of actor, singer and Pan-African rights activist Paul Robeson. But behind and more often than not, next to, this great man, was an equally powerful and outspoken woman. Academic author, Barbara Ransby, in the biography Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, brings to light the passion of "Essie" Robeson as she struggled to find her own political and independent voice.

 
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MeganZ | May 10, 2013 |
Ella Baker! She was an amazing activist, and we could all learn so much from her...and by reading this book! It was an easy read, and packed full of information. A bit repetitive at points, but definitely worthy of about 4.5 stars.
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