Bontemps

Famous quotes containing the word bontemps:

“why
Do our black faces search the empty sky?
Is there something we have forgotten? some precious thing
We have lost, wandering in strange lands?”
—Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)

“Go through the gates with closed eyes.
Stand erect and let your black face front the west.”
—Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)

“Give blue-eyed men their swivel chairs
To whirl in tall buildings.
Allow them many ships at sea,
And on land, soldiers
And policemen.”
—Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)