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“In order to see where we are going, we must not only remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been.”
Ella Baker
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So there is a Martin Luther King Day but no Ella Baker Day. Remembering her is a reminder that history often celebrates voices and forgets the hands that made change possible. She didn’t just fight racism, she fought the patriarchy within the movement. Ella Baker believed leadership should come from the people not just one figurehead
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“It takes organization. It takes dedication. It takes the willingness to stand by and do what has to be done, when it has to be done. A nice gathering like today is not enough.”
“Se necesita organización. Se necesita dedicación. Se necesita la voluntad de mantenerse firme y hacer lo que hay que hacer, cuando hay que hacerlo. Una reunión agradable como la de hoy no es suficiente.”
Ella Baker
“Oppressed people, if they are to become free, must themselves be the makers of their own freedom. We must build strong communities so that when the police come, they do not find us alone and vulnerable, but standing together.”
"Other organizers included Ella Baker, Bob Moses, and David Dennis Sr. Only days before the 1964 convention, Dennis gave an impassioned eulogy at the funeral of James Chaney, the Freedom Summer volunteer who was killed along with Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman by Ku Klux Klansmen in Philadelphia, #Mississippi.
"That violence was fresh when Hamer testified about being evicted after trying to register to vote in 1962."
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#KKK #EllaBaker #BobMoses #DavidDennis #JamesChaney #MichaelSchwerner
A must-read. You have to get to know Ella Baker. I don’t think she gets nearly enough credit for her work, activism and influence in shaping the Black Liberation Movement of the 1960s. A phenomenal organizer and strategist, to boot. 🖤🙏🏿
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https://sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/sendung/190480/ella-baker-burgerrechtsaktivistin
Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) glaubte an die Kraft der Organisation: "Eine Macht, die größer ist als jede einzelne Person, egal wie charismatisch sie sein mag." Das Feature erzählt ihre Geschichte und davon, wo ihr Erbe bis heute überdauert hat. Mit den Stimmen früherer und heutiger Bürgerrechtsaktivist:innen. "Starke Menschen brauchen keine starken Führer" Die afroamerikanische Bürgerrechtsaktivistin Ella Baker Gestaltung: Martina Groß Übernahme SWR 2023
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