1979.
Original: «I was young when I became active in things and I became active in things largely because my mother was very active in the field of religion.»
Fuente: Citado en Ransby, Barbara. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Edición ilustrada t reimpresa. Editorial Universidad de North Carolina Press, 2003. ISBN 9780807856161. p. 16.
Frases célebres de Erin baker
“Encontré una mayor sensación de importancia al ser parte de aquello que estaba creciendo.”
Explicación que dio al hecho de no disfrutar de mayor popularidad y reconocimiento a pesar de sus grandes aportaciones al Movimiento por los derechos civiles.
Original: «I found a greater sense of importance by being a part of those who were growing.»
Fuente: Scelfo, Julie. On MLK Day, Honor the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, Too. http://time.com/4633460/mlk-day-ella-baker/
Original: «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.»
Fuente: Atwater, Deborah F. African American Women's Rhetoric: The Search for Dignity, Personhood, and Honor. Editorial Lexington Books, 2009. ISBN 9780739121764. p. 91.
Erin baker: Frases en inglés
“Strong people do not need strong leaders.”
Ella Baker's Life http://www.ellabakerschool.net/resources/about-ella-baker/ella-bakers-life from the Ella Baker School, accessed 24 February 2015
“The development of the individual to his highest potential for the benefit of the group.”
The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: documents, speeches and firsthand accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954–1990, ed. Clayborne Carson et al. (Penguin Books, 1991), p. 121.
"The Women Behind the Men" https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/opinion/22collins.html? by Gail Collins in the The New York Times, September 22, 2007