Black Insights: Significant Literature by Black Americans, 1760 to the Present |
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Page 101
... tell us to forget The Golgotha we tread ... We who are scourged with hate , A price upon our head . They who have shackled us Require of us a song , They who have wasted us Bid us o'erlook the wrong . They tell us to forget Democracy is ...
... tell us to forget The Golgotha we tread ... We who are scourged with hate , A price upon our head . They who have shackled us Require of us a song , They who have wasted us Bid us o'erlook the wrong . They tell us to forget Democracy is ...
Page 170
... Tell whut happened , yuh rascal ! Tell whut . . . " Dave looked at Jenny's stiff legs and began to cry . " Whut yuh do wid tha gun ? " his mother asked . " Whut wuz he doin wida gun ? " his father asked . " Come on and tell the truth ...
... Tell whut happened , yuh rascal ! Tell whut . . . " Dave looked at Jenny's stiff legs and began to cry . " Whut yuh do wid tha gun ? " his mother asked . " Whut wuz he doin wida gun ? " his father asked . " Come on and tell the truth ...
Page 248
... tell your mother you were late coming home from school and that you haven't practiced yet . Spence - You'd better put all your concentration on getting down the steps , Gram , or you're gonna fall and break your behind . Grandma - Now ...
... tell your mother you were late coming home from school and that you haven't practiced yet . Spence - You'd better put all your concentration on getting down the steps , Gram , or you're gonna fall and break your behind . Grandma - Now ...
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