I am a Negro:
Black as the night is black,
Black like the depths of my Africa.

Langston Hughes

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Topic

Black identity

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

Negro

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Declaration

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Negro." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, I. 1.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Proem." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, I. 1.

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Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Author

Jose Ortega y Gasset
Medium
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Language
Spanish
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. La deshumanización del Arte e Ideas sobre la novela [The Dehumanization of Art and Ideas about the Novel]. Revista de Occidente, 1925.

Current Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. "The Dehumanization of Art." The Dehumanization of Art, and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature, translated by Helene Weyl. Princeton University Press, 2019.