But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long. " That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come.
Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.