#Americans #Blacks
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!
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
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
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
When the old junk man Death Comes to gather up our bodies And toss them into the sack of obl… I wonder if he will find The corpse of a white multi—millio…
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
