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One of the co-founders of SNCC!

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One of Baker's various colleagues and fellow activist.

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Sunglasses:  These glasses are an exclusive accessory for this Funko Pop only, inspired by one of Baker's outfits.

Peace Necklace:  Being a part of many nonviolent movements, Baker is wearing this necklace to show all of the organizations she's been a part of an one of the central messages these organizations were trying to tell the world

Phone: Even though phones weren't present during Baker's time, it is still relevant today due to all of the people she would communicate with in order to share her message with the world.

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Dream Big: When talking to one of her supporters or contemporaries, Ella Baker is able to inspire them to follow their dreams and achieve their goals.

Freedom: Due to her beliefs, Baker has attained the ability to give her supporters freedom and guidance while navigating the United States.

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"If we do not exercise our collective voice, we are unable to influence the policies and laws that impact our lives. To be counted, we must be heard" (EllaBakerCenter).

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Ella Jo Baker was born on December 13th, 1903, in Norfolk, Virginia.  Growing up, she heard many of her grandmother's stories as a slave which was something that caused her to grow a strong sense for social justice.   Baker studied at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina and challenged many of the school policies that she thought were unfair.  Even though she challenged her school's system, Baker still came out at the top of her class and moved to New York City after graduating.  There, she joined many social activity organizations, such as the Young Negroes Cooperative League.  In 1940, Baker got involved with the NAACP where she worked as a field secretary and then as a director of branches from 1943 until 1946.  In 1955, Baker heard about the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama which inspired Baker to co-found the organization, In Friendship, whose purpose was to raise money to fight against Jim Crow laws in the South.  She then moved to Atlanta to help Martin Luther King Jr. organize the SCLC and ran a voter registration campaign called the Crusade for Citizenship.

Only 5 years after joining the SCLC, Baker left in order to support young college student activists in Greensboro and the movement they were starting.  This movement was a sit-in the college students did in protest for not being serviced at Woolworth's lunch counter.  After meeting with the student leaders in April 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was born.

By working together, SNCC worked towards bringing national attention to Mississippi's racism to register black voters through Freedom Summer and through the 1961 Freedom Rides.