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The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it could only be used if they understood what was happening and how group action could counter violence . . .

Source: In The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
-- Ella Baker, (Dec 13 1903-1986), US civil rights activist; She was a founding member of Young Negroes Cooperative League, Student Non-violent Coordinating Com (SNCC), and the So. Christian Leadership Confer.

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