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Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours.

~Langston Hughes

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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

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Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: February 1st, 1902

Died: May 22nd, 1967

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