[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her....

“ [Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement. ”

Gail Collins

From : When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present