(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Ella J. Baker. Partial letter signed by the important NAACP and SNCC leader. Letter Signed as NAACP Director of Branches to Private [Simon] Williamson (see above). Page 2 only, 11 x 8½ inches; folds, minor foxing and wear.
No place, 21 August 1944

Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was a leading figure in the NAACP for 15 years, helped launch the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, and was a key mentor and advisor to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She has been called "perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement," but we can trace none of her letters or manuscripts at auction.

This partial letter was written to a World War Two soldier who had been an activist in civilian life. He organized a group donation to the NAACP and requested a Crisis subscription for his camp library.