Langston Hughes - Christ in Alabama
Christ in Alabama
by Langston Hughes
Christ is a nigger,
Beaten and black:
Oh, bare your back!
Mary is His mother:
Mammy of the South,
Silence your mouth.
God is his father:
White Master above
Grant Him your love.
Most holy bastard
Of the bleeding mouth,
Nigger Christ
On the cross
Of the South.
Filed under: 20th-century, United States, poetry on March 5th, 2007
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