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America

If the eagle be imprisoned
On the back of a coin
And the coin is tossed into the sky,
That coin will spin,
That coin will flutter,
But the eagle will never fly.

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Thought

Lord, how I wept when I came upon
a land whose people thought that they
could make boats sail the stormy
ocean between the color of my skin
and my humantiy.

Dumas  (african american poet age 33 , died '68 in a harlem subway, killed , mistaken identity)
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Thought

One of the greatest roles
ever created by Western man
has been the role of "Negro."

One of the greatest actors
to play the role has been
the "Nigger."

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Thought  

Hate is also creative:
it creates more hate.

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Thought

I flew into the country of the mind
and there my wings froze
I fell.
Thought sculptured me in stone.

Dumas