I felt I had a work to do that I could not shirk. - Ida B. Wells

"I felt I had a work to do that I could not shirk."

Ida B. Wells

Investigative Journalist American 1862–1931

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"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."

"I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap."

"Tell the truth and the devil take the hindmost."

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."