When a man starts out with nothing,When a man starts out with his handsEmpty, but clean,When a man starts to…
Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is…
What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does…
Democracy will not comeToday, this yearNor everThrough compromise and fear.I have as much rightAs the other fellow hasTo standOn my…
In the Quarter of the NegroesWhere the doors are doors of paperDust of dingy atomsBlows a scratchy sound.Amorphous jack-o'-Lanterns caperAnd…
By what sendsthe white kidsI ain't sent:I know I can'tbe President.What don't bugthem white kidssure bugs me:We know everybodyain't free.Lies…
It was a long time ago.I have almost forgotten my dream.But it was there then,In front of me,Bright like a…
Fine living . . . a la carte?Come to the Waldorf-Astoria!LISTEN HUNGRY ONES!Look! See what Vanity Fair says about thenew…