Carolina QuotesMy basic sense of it has always been to get people to understand that in the long run they themselves are the only protection they have against violence or injustice.
Ella Josephine Baker Connected to the Carolinas
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- 1970 Interview in Black Women in White America: A Documentary History by Gerda Lerner
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