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I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight. . .

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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