Episode 47: "American Heartbreak" by Langston Hughes

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English - November 07, 2021 00:00 - 25 seconds - 623 KB - ★★★★ - 1 rating
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Photograph Info:
Langston Hughes in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten
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The Poem:

American Heartbreak

I am the American heartbreak—
Rock on which Freedom
Stumps its toe—
The great mistake
That Jamestown
Made long ago.