I look at the world by Langston Hughes I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black fac And this is what I see: This fenced—off narrow space Assigned to me.
Wake by Langston Hughes Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
When Sue Wears Red by Langston Hughes When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J When Susanna Jones wears red
Cross by Langston Hughes My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mot
Children's Rhymes by Langston Hughes By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President. 1
Minstrel Man by Langston Hughes Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think 1
Negro Dancers by Langston Hughes 'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston! Da, da, Da, da, da!
Let America be America Again by Langston Hughes Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is (America never was America to me.
Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri I bathed in the Euphrates when da 1
Still Here by Langston Hughes been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done