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Quotes Tagged "harlem"

Whose little boy are you?
— James Baldwin The Fire Next Time
Tags: youth, renaissance, religion, racism, james-baldwin, institution, harlem, god, epiphany, coming-of-age, church, black, african-american
Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely: You'll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a - You think It's a happy beat? Listen to it closely: Ain't you heard something underneath like a - What did I say? Sure, I'm happy! Take it away! Dream Boogie Hey, pop! Re-bop! Mop! Y-e-a-h!
— Langston Hughes
Tags: poetry, poet, harlem, dream, boogie
Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.
— Debbie Allen
Tags: harlem, indian, who, street
Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.
— Constance Baker Motley
Tags: harlem, living, view, world
I had a little portable typewriter. I call it my Harlem Literary Fellowship.
— Amiri Baraka
Tags: fellowship, harlem, typewriter, little, call
I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem.
— Amanda Seales
Tags: pub, harlem, used, jazz, live
My parents grew up during the Harlem renaissance.
— Taj Mahal
Tags: grew, harlem, up, parents
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