Red Skin

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or skin:

    “O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree,
    So scant of grass, so profligate of pines,”
    —Jean Toomer (1894–1967)

    “At first I said, “I will not bear
    His cross upon my back;
    He only seeks to place it there
    Because my skin is black.””
    —Countee Cullen (1903–1946)