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Arna Bontemps, "Holiday" (1926)
12022-08-05T16:10:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12131plain2022-08-05T16:10:31-04:0007/01/1926Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1When I consider all the people on this stret I am sad. I am pained With thoughts of little feet, Black, brown, and yellow feet Walking up and down, Going nowhere. My heart breaks When I think of people on this lonely street.
Published in The Crisis, July 1926
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