“Martin had real problems with having a woman in a high position.” Baker also did not support a “leader-centered” approach to organizing a movement, and felt no special awe for King. “I was not a person to be enamored of anyone,” she noted. The ministers of SCLC, on the other hand, thought Baker was haughty and aloof, with what they felt was a disdain for anyone who was a black male preacher. The resulting bitterness would not mellow with time.
