In 1912, Walker addressed an annual gathering of the National Negro Business League (NNBL) from the convention floor, where she declared: "I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.
En 1912 acudiu a unha reunión anual da National Negro Business League (NNBL) onde declarou dende o chan da planta baixa: Son unha muller que procede dos campos de algodón do sur.