As the expression goes, “Strike while the iron is hot.” As a result, the writer has gotten farther off the sequential course of addressing Nannie Helen Burroughs’ “Twelve Things The Negro Must Do For Himself.”
In November 2013, the fourth thing was cited: “The Negro Must Learn To Dress More Appropriate For Work And For Leisure. Know what to wear —how to wear it — when to wear it and where to wear it, are earmarks of common sense, culture and also an index to character,” Burroughs stressed.
