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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I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ― Laura Lynch

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The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience. - Ida B. Wells

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Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. - Ida B. Wells

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The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. ― Jodi Picoult

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The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival. - Ida B. Wells

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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. - Ida B. Wells

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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense. - Ida B. Wells

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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. - Ida B. Wells

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Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness. ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

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