Carolina QuotesI have always thought what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership among other people.
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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- 1970
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