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6 from Langston Hughes, born on this day in 1902
(Feb 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967)
1.
“I swear to The Lord, I still can’t see, why democracy means, everybody but me.”
“The Black Man Speaks,” from Jim Crow’s Last Stand (1943)
2.
I play it cool
And dig all jive.
That’s the reason
I stay alive.
My motto,
As I live and learn,
is:
Dig And Be Dug
In Return.
From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
3.
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
“I, Too, Sing America”
4.
America –
Hoping, praying
Fighting, dreaming.
Knowing
There are stains
On the beauty of my democracy,
I want to be clean.
5.
I am so tired of waiting,
Aren’t you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
6.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?…
Or does it explode?
