I have always felt it my duty to plead the cause of the oppr... - Ida B. Wells

"I have always felt it my duty to plead the cause of the oppressed."

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Investigative Journalist American 1862–1931

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

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

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"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."