That Is My Dream!
Langston Hughes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
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· 10 ratings · 32 pages · Published: 03 Oct 2017
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done....
Follow one African-American boy through the course of his day as the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice comes into vivid focus. But the boy dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun.
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