Revolutionary Baddies Podcast

Revolutionary Baddies Podcast seeks to join the legacy of uplifting the individual and the masses through connecting revolutionary ideas and practices to our everyday lives. As self declared baddies, we seek to honor the feminist tradition of women who boldly lead, teach, and build on our own terms. Revolutionary Baddies Podcast seeks to deconstruct the large idea of revolution to make it palatable and approachable for our people from all walks of life. You don’t need a degree nor an entire book collection to understand what freedom means and what lack thereof feels like. RB Podcast will deliver knowledge through literary based discussions, street stories of our lived experiences, keke’n, and narratives specifically crafted to influence our audience to engage in the struggle for liberation, while celebrating our individuality in the movement.

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Revolutionary Baddies Podcast

"Give Light and People Will Find the Way" -Ella Baker

May 20, 2026 • Revolutionary Baddies • Season 2 • Episode 18

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As Ella Baker gave her class valedictorian speech at Shaw University, she left these words and these words led her life. Arguably, one of the most effective and committed grassroots organizer of the 20th century. Ella Baker was an architect behind the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and a leader that believed in the power of everyday people doing extraordinary things. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies attempt to capture this hero and how she navigated the decades of powerful change. From her time as a student at Shaw University, the oldest HBCU in the South, to her founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Mrs. Baker brought tenacity, resilience, clarity, and resourcefulness to her vision of freedom. Her life and legacy deserves celebration, study, and praise. Hope you enjoy!

Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 18

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Slave Market by Ella Baker and Marvel Cooke, NAACP

Young Negroes Cooperative League

In Friendship, a fundraising organization founded by Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and others

Ella Baker and the Radical Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara Ransby

Black Scare/Red Scare by Charisse Burden-Stelly

Ella Baker Organizes NAACP Chapters in the South

Royal Ice Cream Parlour Sit-In

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, S.C.L.C.

Ella Baker’s Impact On Civil Rights Movement

Congress of Racial Equality, C.O.R.E.