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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. (1856-1915) Matches Found: 8 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ALABAMA EARTH (AT BOOKER WASHINGTON'S GRAVE), by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in alabama earth Last Line: Love -- and chains are broken Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - History; Alabama; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) ATLANTA EXPOSITION ODE, by MARY WESTON FORDHAM Poem Text First Line: Cast down your bucket where you are Last Line: For all one flag, one flag for all. Subject(s): African Americans - History; Exhibitions; Racial Equality; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915); Black Heritage; World's Fairs; Expositions BOOKER T. AND W.E.B., by DUDLEY RANDALL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It seems to me,' said booker t Last Line: I don't agree,' %said w.E.B. Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - History; Du Bois, William Edward B. (1868-1963); Reform And Reformers; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915); Writing And Writers BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The word is writ that he who runs may read Last Line: Like the keen prow of some on-forging ship. Subject(s): African Americans - History; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915); Black Heritage BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'S METAPHOR ABOUT SPRING, by PHILIP S. BRYANT Poem Source First Line: The house will clear out and the sun will flood over Subject(s): African Americans - History; Spring; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TO THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. Poem Text First Line: Tis strange indeed to hear us plead Last Line: When money clinks its story. Subject(s): African Americans - History; Business; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915); Black Heritage; Businessmen; Businesswomen MONUMENTS FOR A FRIENDLY GIRL AT A TENTH GRADE PARTY, by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The only relics left are those long Subject(s): African Americans - History; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beside our way the streams are dried Last Line: And lead us to the promised land! Subject(s): African Americans - History; Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915); Black Heritage |
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