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SISTER by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

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First Line: THAT LITTLE NEGRO'S MARRIED AND GOT A KID
Last Line: DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU, BOY, %THAT A WOMAN DOES THE BEST SHE CAN? %COMMENT ON STOOP %SO DOES A MAN
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS;

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS.
  HUGHES, LANGSTON
  (1990)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES.
  HUGHES, LANGSTON
  (1994)
 
POEMS. SELECTED AND EDITED BY DAVID ROESSEL.
  HUGHES, LANGSTON
  (1999)
 



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