#Americans #Blacks
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mot…
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…
Oh, silver tree! Oh, shining rivers of the soul! In a Harlem cabaret Six long—headed jazzers play. A dancing girl whose eyes are bold
I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
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
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
Let’s go see Old Abe Sitting in the marble and the moon… Sitting lonely in the marble and t… Quiet for ten thousand centuries,… Quiet for a million, million years…
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that
