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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.

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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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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.

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

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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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