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THEY WERE PEOPLE who went in for Negroes--Michael and Anne--the Carraways. But not in the social-service, philanthropic sort of way, no. They saw no use in helping a race that was already too charming and naive and lovely for words. Leave them unspoiled and just enjoy them, Michael and Anne felt. So they went in for the Art of Negroes--the dancing that had such jungle life about it, the songs that were so simple and fervent, the poetry that..
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They'll see how beautiful I am I, too, am America.
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The night is beautiful, So are the faces of my people.
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I've known rivers: My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Love is a naked shadow On a gnarled and naked tree.
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I swear to the Lord Everybody but me.
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Langston Hughes |
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Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
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For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.
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My motto, In Return.
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What happens Daddy, ain't you heard?
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There's a certain in a dream deferred.
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A certain amount in a dream deferred.
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You talk like they around downtown.
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