Ella Baker

I suppose that the first organized effort that might be considered something of civil rights was the Young Negroes' Cooperative League. Now,…

— Ella Baker

Nixon was the one force in Montgomery for a number of years that made any effort in the direction of challenging the…

— Ella Baker

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

— Ella Baker

I think the reasons for not selecting persons like the Reverend Borders and John Wesley Dobbs were, in my book rather obvious…

— Ella Baker

I had known, number one, that there would never be any role for me in the leadership capacity with SCLC. Why? First,…

— Ella Baker

Give light and people will find the way.

— Ella Baker

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

I'm sure, out of the context here of Stanley Levison's relationship with the Jewish liberal forces, that had made contributions. I remember…

— Ella Baker

Both my parents came from North Carolina, in Warren County. My mother had a feeling that there was greater culture in North…

— Ella Baker

Martin [Luther King] wasn't one to buck forces too much.

— Ella Baker

[Walter White] had keep [people] waiting while you got the impression that he was terribly busy with calls to Washington. I've seen…

— Ella Baker

In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which…

— Ella Baker