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  • Ella Baker, the Anti-celebrity

    Ella Baker, the Anti-celebrity

    My kids attend The Ella Baker School, a progressive un-zoned public school in midtown Manhattan. For all the years we’ve been in this school community, I’ve only had a vague understanding of the school’s namesake. At one point, someone had described her as the wise grandmotherly figure behind much of the Civil Rights Movement, and…