My People Lyrics

The night is beautiful,
So the faces of my people
.

The stars are beautiful,
So the eyes of my people.

Beautiful, also, is the sun.
Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.

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  • Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines
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Langston Hughes’s poem “My People” was initially published under the title “Poem” in the August 1923 issue of The Crisis magazine.

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