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.


The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs (ed. University of Missouri Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780826213945


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...

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...

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...

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...