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Ella Baker Quotes: Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses all mankind.
         

Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses all mankind.


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In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been.

In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been.



Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it.

Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it.



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.

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.



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 sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.

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 sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.



We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.



Give light, and people will find the way...

Give light, and people will find the way...



I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.

I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.



My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.



One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going.

One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going.



I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.

I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.





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