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Hello Black Child by countee cullen

Hey black child

Do you know who you are

Who you really are

Do you know you can be

What you want to be

If you try to be

What you can be

 

Hey black child

Do you know where you are going

Where your really going

Do you know you can learn

What you want to learn

If you try to learn

What you can learn

 

Hey black child

Do you know you are strong

I mean really strong

Do you know you can do

What you want to do

If you try to do

What you can do

 

Hey Black Child

Be what you can be

Learn what you must learn

Do what you can do

And tomorrow your nation

Will be what you want it to be

 

Countee Cullen

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Written by
kameesha-queonsai-terry
Published
Dec 25, 2014
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Notes

This poem was made during and for the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was basically a time when black people moved from the North from the South seeking better opportunities

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