--- title: "15 Black Quotes By Langston Hughes" description: "15 Black quotes by Langston Hughes. Plus more from Langston Hughes and more Black sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/langston-hughes-1527_black_i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black_1202070.png" --- > [I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black-black-like-the-depths-of-my/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/langston-hughes-1527_black_i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black_1202070.png) > [Rest at pale evening... A tall slim tree... Night coming tenderly Black like me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/rest-at-pale-evening-a-tall-slim-tree-night-coming-tenderly-black/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/langston-hughes-1527_black_rest-at-pale-evening-a-tall-slim-tree-ni_3000956.png) > [Wear it Like a banner For the proud? Not like a shroud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/wear-it-like-a-banner-for-the-proud-not-like-a-shroud/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a87/langston-hughes-1527_banner_wear-it-like-a-banner-for-the-proud-not_1813489.png) > [I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-will-not-take-but-for-an-answer-negroes-have-been-looking-at/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/langston-hughes-1527_answers_i-will-not-take-but-for-an-answer-negroe_322224.png) > [Sometimes I wish the public were equally aware of the men of our race in the cultural fields. You, for instance, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/sometimes-i-wish-the-public-were-equally-aware-of-the-men-of-our-race/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/langston-hughes-1527_black_sometimes-i-wish-the-public-were-equally_1170415.png) > [A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/a-world-i-dream-where-black-or-white-whatever-race-you-be-will-share/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/langston-hughes-1527_black_a-world-i-dream-where-black-or-white-wha_1944815.png) > [That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/that-justice-is-a-blind-goddess-is-a-thing-to-which-we-black-are-wise/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/langston-hughes-1527_bandage_that-justice-is-a-blind-goddess-is-a-thi_850354.png) > [We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/we-younger-negro-artists-who-create-now-intend-to-express-our-3/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/langston-hughes-1527_art_we-younger-negro-artists-who-create-now_2025751.png) > [Negro blood is sure powerful, because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop--you are a Negro! .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/negro-blood-is-sure-powerful-because-just-one-drop-of-black-blood/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/langston-hughes-1527_black_negro-blood-is-sure-powerful-because-jus_2462745.png) > [We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/we-negro-writers-just-by-being-black-have-been-on-the-blacklist-all/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/langston-hughes-1527_black_we-negro-writers-just-by-being-black-hav_213672.png) > [Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/everybody-should-take-each-other-as-they-are-white-black-indians/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/langston-hughes-1527_black_everybody-should-take-each-other-as-they_2725172.png) > [It is the duty of the younger Negro artist . . . to change through the force of his art that old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/it-is-the-duty-of-the-younger-negro-artist-to-change-through-the/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/langston-hughes-1527_art_it-is-the-duty-of-the-younger-negro-arti_2522785.jpg) > [I’s been livin’ a long time in yesterday, Sandy chile, an’ I knows there ain’t no room in de world fo’ nothin’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-s-been-livin-a-long-time-in-yesterday-sandy-chile-an-i-knows-there/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/langston-hughes-1527_black_i-s-been-livin-a-long-time-in-yesterday_2701744.png) > [Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/negro-writers-just-by-being-black-have-been-on-the-blacklist-all-our/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/langston-hughes-1527_black_negro-writers-just-by-being-black-have-b_212323.png) > [“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/in-america-the-magazines-in-which-one-can-frequently-publish-stories/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/langston-hughes-1527_african-americans_in-america-the-magazines-in-which-one-ca_155132.jpg) ## Other authors on Black ## More by Langston Hughes > [Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/good-morning-daddy-ain-t-you-heard-the-boogie-woogie-rumble-of-a/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/summer-was-made-to-give-you-a-taste-of-what-hell-is-like-winter-was/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-was-a-victim-of-a-stereotype-there-were-only-two-of-us-negro-kids/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-am-the-american-heartbreak-the-rock-on-which-freedom-stumped-its-toe/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [“As I Grew Older" It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/as-i-grew-older-it-was-a-long-time-ago-i-have-almost-forgotten-my/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/words-like-freedom-there-are-words-like-freedom-sweet-and-wonderful/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/beauty-for-some-provides-escape-who-gain-a-happiness-in-eyeing-the/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/in-america-the-magazines-in-which-one-can-frequently-publish-stories/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/perhaps-the-mission-of-an-artist-is-to-interpret-beauty-to-people-the/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/negro-writers-just-by-being-black-have-been-on-the-blacklist-all-our/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/we-negro-writers-just-by-being-black-have-been-on-the-blacklist-all/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/hold-fast-to-dreams-for-if-dreams-die-life-is-a-broken-winged-bird/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/oh-god-of-dust-and-rainbows-help-us-to-see-that-without-the-dust-the/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-loved-my-friend-he-went-away-from-me-there-s-nothing-more-to-say/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) > [The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/the-jewish-people-and-the-negro-people-both-know-the-meaning-of/) [Langston Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/langston-hughes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/langston-hughes/#itemlist", "name": "15 Black Quotes By Langston Hughes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Langston Hughes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/langston-hughes/i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black-black-like-the-depths-of-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/langston-hughes-1527_black_i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black_1202070.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/langston-hughes-1527_black_i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black_1202070.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/langston-hughes-1527_black_i-am-a-negro-black-as-the-night-is-black_1202070.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.” — Langston Hughes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rest at pale evening... 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