Black identity

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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

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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.

Yeah, Africa's my home. Damn America and what America thinks. Yeah, I live in America; but, Africa's the home of the black man. And I was a slave 400 years ago and I'm going back home to fight among my brothers. Yeah!

Muhammad Ali

When We Were Kings

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Topic

Race relations Black identity Africa

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

When We Were Kings

Medium

Film

Genre

Documentary (film) Sports (film) Sports

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast, Polygram/Image Entertainment Inc./Gramercy Pictures, 1996.