Langston Hughes Quotes

Way Down South in Dixie (Break the heart of me) They hung my black young lover To a cross roads tree.

The stars went out and so did the moon. The singer stopped playing and went to bed While the Weary Blues echoed through his head. He slept like a rock or a man that's dead.

I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

The night is beautiful, So are the faces of my people.

They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed — I, too, am America.

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.