Langston Hughes Quote

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"Être quelqu'un et pas seulement un grand poète noir"

Translations

“The calm, cool face of the river asked me for a kiss ”

Langston Hughes

“Life for me ain't been no crystal stair”

“To be somebody and not just a great black poet ”

“In the darkness, I am invisible. I am the teeming future.”

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