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Let America be America again
By Hughes, Langston & Frasconi, Antonio
- ISBN
- 978-0-80761-550-8
- Publisher
- New York : George Braziller, [2004]
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2005
Gr 7-Up This book brings welcome attention to Hughes's 1936 poem. -I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, /I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars./I am the red man driven from the land, /I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek -/And finding only the same old stupid plan/Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak. - Many will see parallels with today's society in this long but accessible poem that presents a broad, clear-eyed view of the American ex...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
