“Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)”
Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America Be America Again” seems so appropriate for this July 4th
@bakerdphd.bsky.social"O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
Starting the day sharing my favorite Langston Hughes poem in the family group chat before doing my own reading
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Let America Be America Again
Let America be America again.