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On wood, a chalk drawing of Ella Baker singing into the mic. In white font, a quote reads "give light and people find the way."
Mural for Ella Baker. "Give light and people will find the way."

Ella Baker founds the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

1960

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Mural for Ella Baker. "Give light and people will find the way."

"Ella Baker advised student activists organizing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to promote 'group-centered leaders' rather than the 'leader-centered' style she associated with King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)... It was this grassroots leadership that Baker credited for the success and longevity of the movement" (Stanford).