Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Quotes

“From her perspective, reading, discussions, forums, and lectures were as important to a movement for social change as mass protests, boycotts, and strikes.”
― Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

“To young women, black and white, Baker embodied the possibility of escaping the restrictions that defined conventional femininity. Authoritative yet unassuming, self-confident and assertive, forcing others to take her seriously simply by presuming that they would, Baker was a revelation.”
― Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

“This may only be a dream of mine, but I think it can be made real.”
― Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision