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Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9889] Re: Black History Month
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AS I GROW OLDER
Langston Hughes 1926
It was a long time ago,
I have almost forgotten my dream.
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun -
My dream.
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly, slowly,
Between me and my dream
Rose Slowly, slowly,
Dimming,
Hiding,
The light of my dream.
Rose until it touched the sky-
The wall.
Shadow.
I am black.
_____
The last line doesn't have to mean color of skin (as my men told me). It
can mean your mood. I teach in jail so we talk about what MLK 's wall
was built of and what their wall is built of. How did MLK tear it down?.
How can each individual tear down his "wall."
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