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America2 quotes

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. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen" Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America. — Langston Hughes · 1926 O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free. — Langston Hughes · 1936

Black experience2 quotes

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. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen" Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America. — Langston Hughes · 1926 I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. — Langston Hughes · 1943

Dreams2 quotes

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? — Langston Hughes · 1951 Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. — Langston Hughes · 1923

River2 quotes

I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. — Langston Hughes · 1921 I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. — Langston Hughes · 1921

Acquiring wisdom1 quote

I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. — Langston Hughes · 1921

American ideals1 quote

O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free. — Langston Hughes · 1936

Black identity1 quote

I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. — Langston Hughes · 1926

Broken dreams1 quote

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? — Langston Hughes · 1951

Death1 quote

Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. — Langston Hughes · 1936

Jim Crow1 quote

I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. — Langston Hughes · 1943

Life1 quote

Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. — Langston Hughes · 1936

Life and death1 quote

Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. — Langston Hughes · 1936

Life experience1 quote

I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. — Langston Hughes · 1921

Poetry1 quote

For poems are like rainbows: they escape you quickly. — Langston Hughes · 1940

Race relations1 quote

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. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen" Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America. — Langston Hughes · 1926

Rainbows1 quote

For poems are like rainbows: they escape you quickly. — Langston Hughes · 1940

The ephemeral1 quote

For poems are like rainbows: they escape you quickly. — Langston Hughes · 1940