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painting by: Aaron Douglas
by Langston Hughes
Southern gentle lady,
Do not swoon.
They’ve just hung a black man
In the dark of the moon.
They’ve hung a black man
To a roadside tree
In the dark of the moon
For the world to see
How Dixie protects
Its white womanhood.
Southern gentle lady,
Be good!
Be good!
(1944, 1949)
Posted on 12 May '09 by James, under Poems. No Comments.
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