My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind, — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be! — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America.” — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
This is the mountain standing in the way of any true Negro art in America - this urge within the race toward… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat? — Langston Hughes Copy Share
Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe. — Langston Hughes Copy Share
“As I Grew Older" It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. — Langston Hughes Copy Share
“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these do not… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves. — Langston Hughes Copy Share
Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line. — Langston Hughes Copy Share
“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be. — Langston Hughes Copy Share
I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my… — Langston Hughes Copy Share
The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror. — Langston Hughes Copy Share
