Ella Baker Quotes

During the Depression years, I began to identify to some extent with the unemployed, the organization for the unemployed at that period.

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• During the Depression years, I began to identify to some extent with the unemployed, the organization for the unemployed at that period.

  

  Ella Baker
  • Years
  • Period
  • Organization