An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 124
... feel so disgusted and I feel so blue That I hardly know what in this world it's best to do ; For how long , how long , how long ? If I could holler like I was a mountain jack , I'd go up on the mountain and call my baby back ; For how ...
... feel so disgusted and I feel so blue That I hardly know what in this world it's best to do ; For how long , how long , how long ? If I could holler like I was a mountain jack , I'd go up on the mountain and call my baby back ; For how ...
Page 168
... feel what you want to feel . They after you so hot and hard you can only feel what they doing to you . They kill you before you die . " " But , Bigger , I asked you what it was that you wanted to do so badly that you had to hate them ...
... feel what you want to feel . They after you so hot and hard you can only feel what they doing to you . They kill you before you die . " " But , Bigger , I asked you what it was that you wanted to do so badly that you had to hate them ...
Page 205
... feel too good inside for that . Let's go down- town ? " She had to suggest that with a question mark at the end , always . He usually had three protests . Too hard to park . Too much money . Too many white folks . And tonight she could ...
... feel too good inside for that . Let's go down- town ? " She had to suggest that with a question mark at the end , always . He usually had three protests . Too hard to park . Too much money . Too many white folks . And tonight she could ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
Copyright | |
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