We must take back our land again,
America!...
a mid-1930's poem
by Langston Hughes
(shared partly because we celebrate Black History Month as part of our American history and because the struggle is clearly ongoing)
We must take back our land again,
America!...
a mid-1930's poem
by Langston Hughes
(shared partly because we celebrate Black History Month as part of our American history and because the struggle is clearly ongoing)
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose -
The steel of freedom does not stain.
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose -
The steel of freedom does not stain.
The land that never has been yet -
And yet must be - the land where every man is free.
The land that's mine - the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's
ME -
Who made America,
The land that never has been yet -
And yet must be - the land where every man is free.
The land that's mine - the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's
ME -
Who made America,