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Langston Hughes was the first black literary writer I’d ever been assigned. It was high school, and his very short poem, “A Dream Deferred,” but it made me realize something was out there that I didn’t know. I checked out several of his short story books. I was transformed. twitter.com/SmithsonianMag…
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drwatson
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In third grade I recited Hughes’ ‘Mother to Son’ in honor of Black History Month.
I still remember it :
Well, son, I’ll tell you
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare.
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drwatson
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But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
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black bill laimbeer
@Call_me_Crennan
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My dad made me read "The Ways of the White Folks" when I entered 8th grade. To this day I'm still amazed at The deft storytelling and understanding of the black experience.
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Ida Bae Wells
@nhannahjones
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To this day it’s my favorite book of short stories.
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tk harris
@AmBoDe33
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Short stories?? I thought I knew Langston Hughes' body if work. Def going to have to look for those collections.
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Ida Bae Wells
@nhannahjones
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Start with the Ways of White Folks.
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Andrew Fleischman
@ASFleischman
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I'm sure you know this, but I only just learned that his great-uncle was the first black American congressman.
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katydid26.2
@lindaaustin13_1
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My 88 year old parents graduated from a “colored” high school. They would often recite his poetry when I was growing up. Essential high school English.
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Sharon Hoffmann
@SharonH1892
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For me in junior high, it was The Dreamkeeper. Langston was almost a holy person to me then.
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Anne C. Bailey Recent book: The Weeping Time
@annebailey63
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For me it was Sula by Morrison. And anything by James Baldwin.
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