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"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes (1935)

91 points| mksm | 12 years ago |poets.org | reply

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[+] Roboprog|12 years ago|reply
Nice summation of opposing forces in society, holding out hope for a future that only gradually comes into being.
[+] Hitchhiker|12 years ago|reply
Moving and prophetic.. even today and probably tomorrow.
[+] wellboy|12 years ago|reply
It's funny that your most popular symbol is the Statue of Liberty.