And even before, I would help with forums at churches and things, because I think people grow from talking to each other.
Ella Josephine Baker
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Source
Oral history interview by Sue Thrasher, April 19, 1977; Southern Oral History Program, Interview G-0008, Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
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- Oral History Interview with Ella Baker, Interview G-0008
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- 1977
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