Carolina QuotesThe Southern Leadership Conference made it crystal clear that current sit-ins and other demonstrations are concerned with something much bigger than a hamburger or even a giant-sized Coke. Whatever may be the different approach to their goal, the Negro and white student are seeking to rid America of the scourge of racial segregation and discrimination not only at lunch counters, but in every aspect of life.
Ella Josephine Baker
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Ella J. Baker, "Bigger Than a Hamburger," The Southern Patriot, May 1960, on the founding conference of SNCC at Shaw University, Raleigh
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