Quotes by Langston Hughes

Poet, writer, playwright and journalist, born saturday february 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri (United States), died monday may 22, 1967 in New York City, New York (United States)
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It is the duty of the younger negro artist... to change through the force of his art that old whispering "I want to be white," hidden in the aspirations of his people, to "why should I want to be white? I am a negro? And beautiful!.
Langston Hughes
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