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“I hope you will catch the inspiration, grasp the opportunity to do something.”
Source: Address to the National Negro Business League convention, Chicago, 23 August 1912
Context After recounting her rise from $1.50 in capital to $18,000 in yearly sales, she urged the delegates to act.
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