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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN

Women's History Month Keynote Lecture

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

presented by 

Dr. Barbara Ransby

Associate Professor,
Department of History and Department of African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

Thursday, March 19 6:00 p.m. • 1030 CB University of Michigan-Dearborn

Barbara Ransby is a historian, writer, and longtime political activist. She has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues, and is most notably the author of an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker, entitled Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Professor Ransby received a BA in History from Columbia University and an MA and PhD in History from the University of Michigan.

This event is funded by the State of Michigan King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Professor Initiative administered by the Office of the Provost.

Co-sponsored by: Women's and Gender Studies, African African-American Studies, Women’s Resource Center, and the Department of Social Sciences.

For more information, please contact Sharie Beard: sbeard@umd.umich.edu or (313) 593-4925.

The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse speakers views.