I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at demo…

Langston Hughes
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I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long. ✨ Langston Hughes (2002). The Early Simple Stories, University of Missouri
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