I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.

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A quote by Langston Hughes about jim crow: “I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.”

A quote by Langston Hughes about jim crow: “I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.”

A quote by Langston Hughes about jim crow: “I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.”