O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath —
America will be!


Let America Be America Again, from A New Song (1938)

Langston Hughes Quotes

O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be!

O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be!

O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be!

O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be!