Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too?
The Germans and the Japs,
And thered be no Jim Crow birds
Dear Fellow Americans,
Will the Jim Crow laws still stand?
Was fought for us to learn?
For Democracy?
From Burma to the Rhine.
Everywhere.
I face death the same as you do
Our Victory Day
Or will Victory change
As the Germans did the Jews?
Left in our sky.
Where his
九-九-藏-书-网son could be a man--
Or will you comrades in arms
Into the Fascists laps.
Langston Hughes
I ask, WILL V-DAY
To smash the Fascists might.
When I take off my uniform,
Army, Navy, Air Corps--
Have learned what this war
Thats what I want to know.
Thats all I ask of you.
Will Dixie lynch me still
Or 九九藏书网will you do me
When I return?
From the factories and the farms,
Ive dropped defeat
in each battle.
Or will you stand up like a man
I promised him that I would try
So this is what I want to know:
Ive seen my buddy lying
On every battle line,
Ive watched him dying
Hold me back?
BE ME-DAY, TOO?
World War II.
Will yo九九藏书网u herd me in a Jim Crow car
Driving a tank.
Like cattle?
As a soldier, and a friend.
GI Joe.
When Ive helped this world to save,
Italians, Chinese, Danes--are liberated.
I take munitions through,
When we see Victorys glow,
Is through.
I fight--or stevedore, too.
You cant say I wasnt with you
Here in my own, my native land,
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To celebrate
Im a Tan-skinned Yank
Hoping times will be better
Will you still let old Jim Crow
Your antiquated views?
Because Im black?
When all those foreign folks whove waited--
To make our land a land
I am a Negro American
Where he fell.
Out to defend my land
Will I still be ill-fated99lib.net
When we lay the guns away
Will I be safe from harm--
At home and take your stand
I write this letter
Sincerely,
I wear a U. S. uniform.
When this war comes to an end,
Ive done the enemy much harm,
WILL V-DAY BE ME-DAY, TOO?
You cant say I didnt fight
When this war
Shall I still be colors slave?
Over There,
Ive driven back
I am there.