My association with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is sort of predated by an effort that we were a part of here… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
From the Cooperative League, I suppose, with the Depression lingering as long as it did, the next step in terms of, as… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
When I went to the Association [ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] I learned a few things by observation.… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
One of the particular things that impressed me was one visitor [of NAACP] - I think it was - it wasn't the… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I think personally, I've always felt that the Association [NAACP] got itself hung-up in what I call its legal successes. Having had… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it could only be… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
After the '57 initial meeting - I was up this way working, not as a staff person - there became the need for a… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I went to what is known as, and was at that time, too, Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In fact, because of the… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
His name was Michael R. Ross. I've never known what the "R" was for. He died, however, before I was 7. But he and… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I guess the best way to describe that would be to connect with the fact that I came out of college just before the… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I had been friendly with people who were in the Communist party and all the rest of the Left forces, which were oriented in… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I didn't have any close relationship with him because, although [William Edward Burghardt] DuBois may not have been as egocentric - I don't know… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
![“My association with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is sort of predated by an effort that we were a part of here in New York City regarding the reaction to this 1954 Supreme Court [Brown v Board of Education] decision.” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e2b/ella-baker-10989_association_my-association-with-the-southern-christi_1054645.jpg)
![“From the Cooperative League, I suppose, with the Depression lingering as long as it did, the next step in terms of, as you call it, professional relationship, was to go to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]. I went there as an assistant field secretary, and so…” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9db/ella-baker-10989_advancement_from-the-cooperative-league-i-suppose-wi_1412930.jpg)
![“When I went to the Association [ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] I learned a few things by observation. One of the things that used to strike me was [Walter White] need to impress people, even just people who came into the office.” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5fc/ella-baker-10989_advancement_when-i-went-to-the-association-national_1555284.jpg)
![“One of the particular things that impressed me was one visitor [of NAACP] - I think it was - it wasn't the Prime Minister of England. We were located then on 14th Street and Fifth Avenue, up several flights of rickety stairs, and he came all the way up those stairs to see Walter [White], largely…” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c5/ella-baker-10989_association_one-of-the-particular-things-that-impres_2218217.jpg)
![“I think personally, I've always felt that the Association [NAACP] got itself hung-up in what I call its legal successes. Having had so many outstanding legal successes, it definitely seemed to have oriented its thinking in the direction that the way to achieve was through the courts.” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d94/ella-baker-10989_achieve_i-think-personally-i-ve-always-felt-that_2969099.jpg)
![“I didn't have any close relationship with him because, although [William Edward Burghardt] DuBois may not have been as egocentric - I don't know - he certainly was not the easiest person to approach. I think, certainly, those of us who were younger sort of respected that in terms of his…” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/926/ella-baker-10989_approach_i-didn-t-have-any-close-relationship-wit_697287.jpg)
![“[Walter White] was also one of the best lobbyist of the period.” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/900/ella-baker-10989_lobbyists_walter-white-was-also-one-of-the-best-lo_712092.jpg)