Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

Quote by Langston Hughes

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Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid...

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up - like a raisin in...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up - like a raisin in...

I will not take ut for an answer.

I will not take ut for an answer.

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do....

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do....

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that...

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that...

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath- America will be!

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath- America will be!

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also...

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also...

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want...

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of...

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of...

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives....

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives....

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the...