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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- Langston Hughes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Langston Hughes: documented activity in 1926. Wikidata Q188093, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188093 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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