There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy … - Langston Hughes

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A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease. ' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

Langston Hughes

There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath - America will be! I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

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