Leadership styles include democratic, autocratic, laissez-faire as well as servant leadership. Of the varied styles, servant leadership is the most appealing and interesting to study as it draws attention to the servant leader, “as one who is a servant first” (Greenleaf, 1977). Likewise, Spears and Lawrence (2002) have suggested that at its core, servant leadership is a long-term, transformational approach to life and work (p. 4). Over the years, many leaders have emerged and because of their actions, performance, and traits they are hailed as servant leaders. This includes, but is not limited to: Pope Francis, also known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, and W.E.B. Du Bois.
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She was from the bloodline of former slaves. In fact, her grandmother was an enslaved woman. Her father Blake Baker worked on the railroad and her mother Georgianna (Anna) Ross Baker was actively involved in community service by means of the Baptist church. At the age of nine Blake, (her father) relocated the family to Littleton, a rural community in North Carolina. His goal was to protect them from the increasing racial violence in Norfolk (Vail, 2015). Growing up in North Carolina with her mother and grandmother (Josephine Elizabeth “Bet” Ross) Baker’s grandmother constantly told her stories about life as a slave as well as the slaves uprising. For instance, her grandmother received a whipping for refusing to marry a man chosen by the slave master. Conversely, this left an indelible mark on her and possibly acted the framework for her courageous, conviction, values, and ideology …show more content…
Her vision and message was the idea of “participatory democracy.” This is the theory that everyone should get involved in the democratic process in order to make an educated decision. Furthermore, during this period the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed. The goal of the SNCC was to inspire poor and undereducated African American students to become involved in the Civil Rights movement. In addition, Baker coordinated the Freedom Vote, Freedom Summer, and Freedom School campaigns in Mississippi. The objectives of the organizations were to draw national attention to racism in Mississippi and to the register of black voters. Baker and her team were firm believers that voting was” one key to freedom” (ellabakercenter.org). In the late 1960 the message, actions, and philosophy of the SNCC changed. Baker continued to support the organization however her role was reduced over time (Veil, 2015). From 1962 to 1967 she was a staff member of the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF). SCEF was an inter-racial, de-segregation, human rights group based in the South. The organization was instrumental in raising funds for black activists, to fight social justice, lobby for the implementation of President Truman Civil Rights proposal, and to educate southern whites about the evils of
She was from the bloodline of former slaves. In fact, her grandmother was an enslaved woman. Her father Blake Baker worked on the railroad and her mother Georgianna (Anna) Ross Baker was actively involved in community service by means of the Baptist church. At the age of nine Blake, (her father) relocated the family to Littleton, a rural community in North Carolina. His goal was to protect them from the increasing racial violence in Norfolk (Vail, 2015). Growing up in North Carolina with her mother and grandmother (Josephine Elizabeth “Bet” Ross) Baker’s grandmother constantly told her stories about life as a slave as well as the slaves uprising. For instance, her grandmother received a whipping for refusing to marry a man chosen by the slave master. Conversely, this left an indelible mark on her and possibly acted the framework for her courageous, conviction, values, and ideology …show more content…
Her vision and message was the idea of “participatory democracy.” This is the theory that everyone should get involved in the democratic process in order to make an educated decision. Furthermore, during this period the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed. The goal of the SNCC was to inspire poor and undereducated African American students to become involved in the Civil Rights movement. In addition, Baker coordinated the Freedom Vote, Freedom Summer, and Freedom School campaigns in Mississippi. The objectives of the organizations were to draw national attention to racism in Mississippi and to the register of black voters. Baker and her team were firm believers that voting was” one key to freedom” (ellabakercenter.org). In the late 1960 the message, actions, and philosophy of the SNCC changed. Baker continued to support the organization however her role was reduced over time (Veil, 2015). From 1962 to 1967 she was a staff member of the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF). SCEF was an inter-racial, de-segregation, human rights group based in the South. The organization was instrumental in raising funds for black activists, to fight social justice, lobby for the implementation of President Truman Civil Rights proposal, and to educate southern whites about the evils of