tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post8511731826638854984..comments2023-09-30T09:41:52.224-07:00Comments on The Well Spoken Negro's Salon: James Mercer Langston HughesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-88120289656034803722009-02-05T18:53:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:53:00.000-08:00Jeffery, thank you so much for posting the videos ...Jeffery, thank you so much for posting the videos with Langston Hughes' voice-overs. What a privilege to hear any poet read his own work, but...Mr. Hughes! Wonderful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065529932741277165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-23118806928726054342009-02-02T16:42:00.000-08:002009-02-02T16:42:00.000-08:00I grew up an a southern city that has a beautiful,...I grew up an a southern city that has a beautiful, tree-lined boulevard called "Monument Avenue". At every intersection along Monument Avenue is a huge statue of a Confederate Civil War "hero". Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb McGruder, and maybe 10 more.<BR/><BR/>This city (Richmond) has at least two "Museums of the Confederacy".<BR/><BR/>The Confederate flag, while no longer flying over our State House, is visible on many houses and car decals. There are still people in this city and state who refer to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression."<BR/><BR/>If one has the temerity to point out that the primary cause these revered heroes fought so bravely for was to protect the "right" of some human beings to own other human beings, the response is usually something like, "Nonsense! Slavery was only a small part of what the war was about..."<BR/><BR/>I would love the opportunity to teach a "White History" class to some of my fellow white folks.<BR/><BR/>Scott<BR/><BR/>"I will not take 'but' for an answer."<BR/>Langston HughesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com