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Believing everything she read In the daily news, (No in-between to choose) She thought that only One side won, Not that BOTH Might lose.

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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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James Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes
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