#Americans #Blacks
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind
The gold moth did not love him So, gorgeous, she flew away. But the gray moth circled the flam… Until the break of day. And then, with wings like a dead d…
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
