O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.

Langston Hughes

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American ideals America

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

Let America Be America Again

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

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United States

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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.

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Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness.

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Democracy in America

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Alexis de Tocqueville
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Democracy in America
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Time
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Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, bk. 3. ch. 17.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, bk. 3. ch. 17.