Langston Hughes - Blood Quotes

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I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Langston Hughes

A wonderful time — the War:
when money rolled in
and blood rolled out.
But blood
was far away
from here —
Money was near.

Langston Hughes

The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.

Langston Hughes

'It's powerful,' he said.
'What?'
'That one drop of Negro blood—because just one drop of black blood makes a man coloured. One drop—you are a Negro!'

Langston Hughes

You see, unfortunately, I am not black. There are lots of different kinds of blood in our family. But here in the United States, the word Negro is used to mean anyone who has any Negro blood at all in his veins. In Africa, the word is more pure. It means all Negro, therefore black. I am brown. My father was a darker brown. My mother an olive-yellow.

Langston Hughes

Negro blood is sure powerful — because just onedrop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop—you are a Negro!... Black is powerful.

Langston Hughes