I am fed up
With Jim Crow laws,
People who are cruel
And afraid,
Who lynch and run
Who are scared of me
And me of them.
I pick up my life
And take it away
On a one-way ticket--
gone up North
Gone out West
Gone!
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Detroit 1996 |
ColeHamptonLee.org |
| Announcement Letter cover featuring One-Way Ticket by Langston Hughes I am fed up With Jim Crow laws, People who are cruel And afraid, Who lynch and run Who are scared of me And me of them. I pick up my life And take it away On a one-way ticket-- gone up North Gone out West Gone! |
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| Photo credit: Library of Congress National Archives and records Administration |