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People have to be made to understand that they cannot look for salvation anywhere but to themselves.

Ella Baker

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight. It usually means he has been touted through the public media, which means that the media made him, and the media may undo him

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I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others.

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The struggle is eternal. Somebody else carries on.

Ella Baker

Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest.

Ella Baker

Ella Baker

Born: December 13, 1903

Died: December 13, 1986 (aged 83)

Bio: Ella Josephine Baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer whose career spanned over five decades.

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