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Hughes, Langston
Harlem Renaissance, contribution of Langston Hughes
importance in the context of 20th century poets
see also Poetry
artistic and cultural expression
dance based on his work
photographer who took his portrait
quotations
Alabama: When I get to be a composer I'm gonna write me…
Children: My theory is, children should…
Democracy: I swear to the Lord I…
Democracy: Negroes, like all other Americans,…
Difference: We are considered exotic. When…
Dreams: What happens to a dream…
Humor: Humor is laughing at what you haven't got…
Humor: Humor is your own smile…
Life: I am tired of working…
Life: Life is a system of…
Love: Sometimes, even if a woman…
Marriage: If you don't give a…
Race: But someday somebody'll Stand up and talk about…
Race: It is the duty of the younger Negro Artist...to…
Racism: Way down South in Dixie…
Sex: Two things, Miss Martin, I cannot…
United States: Let America be America again. Let…
translation of the poems of Gabriela Mistral
Dreams: What happens to a dream…
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a
sore—
and then run?
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