The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. - Ida B. Wells

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Open your mind before your mouth

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I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop. ― Libba Bray

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I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. - Ida B. Wells

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Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken. ― M.F.K. Fisher

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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. - Ida B. Wells

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The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before. - John Lewis

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Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. — Bonnie Blair

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We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets. ― Marilyn Monroe

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If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. - Ida B. Wells

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