Joanne Grant began her career in civil rights as an assistant to NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois. While working as a reporter for the National Guardian in the 1960s, she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and became a close associate of Ella Baker. She produced and directed Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker, an award-winning documentary film nationally telecast on PBS. Ms. Grant is the author of Black Protest, a classic documentary history, and Confrontation on Campus. She lives in New York City.