Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Pre-Civil Rights Movement Poetry II

CHILDREN'S RHYMES
By what sends
the white kids
I ain't sent:
I know I can't
be President.
What don't bug
them white kids
sure bugs me:
We know everybody
ain't free.

Lies written down
for white folks
ain't for us a-tall:
Liberty And Justice--
Huh!--For All?

-Langston Hughes 1902-1967

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