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Langston Hughes

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Black History Month Harriet Tubman Poem

By Langston Hughes

I'm gonna check up. I'm gonna check up on this Freedom Train.

Note: This is a poem Langston Hughes wrote about the Underground Railroad which Harriet Tubman conducted. I read in the papers about the Freedom Train I…

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Commentary

Black History Month – Poem about Harriet Tubman

By Langston Hughes

I'm gonna check up. I'm gonna check up on this Freedom Train.

Note: This is a poem Langston Hughes wrote about the Underground Railroad which Harriet Tubman conducted. I read in the papers about the Freedom Train I…

Continue reading 3 min

Commentary

Black History Month – The Underground Railroad A Poem about Harriet Tubman

By Langston Hughes

Who is the engineer on the Freedom Train? Can a coal-black man drive the Freedom Train? Or am I still a porter on the Freedom Train? Is there ballot boxes on the Freedom Train? Do colored folks vote on the Freedom Train? When it stops in Mississippi, will it be made plain Everybody's got a right to board the Freedom Train?

Note: This is a poem Langston Hughes wrote about the Underground Railroad which Harriet Tubman conducted. Who is the engineer on the Freedom Train? Can a…

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Commentary

The Underground Railroad – Black History Month – A Poem about Harriet Tubman

By Langston Hughes

Who is the engineer on the Freedom Train? Can a coal-black man drive the Freedom Train? Or am I still a porter on the Freedom Train? Is there ballot boxes on the Freedom Train? Do colored folks vote on the Freedom Train? When it stops in Mississippi, will it be made plain Everybody's got a right to board the Freedom Train?

Note: This is a poem Langston Hughes wrote about the Underground Railroad which Harriet Tubman conducted. Who is the engineer on the Freedom Train? Can a…

Continue reading 2 min

Commentary

Black History Month – Poem about Harriet Tubman

By Langston Hughes

Note: This is a poem Langston Hughes wrote about the Underground Railroad which Harriet Tubman conducted. I read in the papers about the Freedom Train I heard on the radio about the Freedom Train I seen folks talking about the Freedom Train Lord, I’ve been a-waitin for the Freedom Train! Washington, Richmond, Durham, Chatanooga, Atlanta…

Note: This is a poem Langston Hughes wrote about the Underground Railroad which Harriet Tubman conducted. I read in the papers about the Freedom Train I…

Continue reading 3 min

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