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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUBS, INC. THE STRENGTH OF ONE IS POWER FOR ALL I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity — not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled, dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail or succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the state of calm Utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence, nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself; to enjoy the benefit of my creation, and to face the world boldly and say — this I have done. Anon [[images - 8 black & white photographs of scenes from the convention]] 218