I would rather go down in history as one lone Negro woman wh... - Ida B. Wells

"I would rather go down in history as one lone Negro woman who dared to tell the truth than a whole race of people who believed a lie."

Ida B. Wells Courage

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."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."