I swear to the Lord I still can’t see Why Democracy means Everybody…

I swear to the Lord
I still can’t see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

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“The Black Man Speaks,” from Jim Crow’s Last Stand (1943)

Other Langston Hughes Quotes

A certain amount
of nothing
in a dream deferred. - View Quote Details on A certain amount
of nothing
in a dream…
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above. - View Quote Details on Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let…
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain —
All, all the stretch of these great green states —
And make America again! - View Quote Details on Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,…
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. - View Quote Details on Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in…
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath —
America will be! - View Quote Details on O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America…
When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
All the corners that are left. - View Quote Details on When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself…
Negroes — Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day — They change their mind. - View Quote Details on Negroes — Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware…
O, let America be America again —
The land that never has been yet —
And yet must be — the land where every man is free. - View Quote Details on O, let America be America again —
The land that…
For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung
And all the hopes we’ve held
And all the flags we’ve hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay —
Except the dream that’s almost dead today. - View Quote Details on For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs…
I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread. - View Quote Details on I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take…