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“Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit, a larger freedom that encompasses all mankind.
— Ella Baker
Civil rights activist
"The Women Behind the Men" by Gail Collins in the The New York Times, September 22, 2007
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