Advice To A Young Langston Hughes From His Father...
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….who wanted him to become a Mining Engineer ”You can learn anything you put your mind to,” my father said. “And engineering is something that will make you some money. What do you want to do, live like a nigger all your life? Look at your mother, waiting table in a restaurant! Don’t you want to get anywhere?”
Advice To A Young Langston Hughes From His Father...
Advice To A Young Langston Hughes From His…
Advice To A Young Langston Hughes From His Father...
….who wanted him to become a Mining Engineer ”You can learn anything you put your mind to,” my father said. “And engineering is something that will make you some money. What do you want to do, live like a nigger all your life? Look at your mother, waiting table in a restaurant! Don’t you want to get anywhere?”