My favorite poet

Here's a famous poem by langston hughes

Over There,World War II. Dear Fellow Americans, I write this letter Hoping times will be betterWhen this warIs through.I'm a Tan-skinned YankDriving a tank.I ask, WILL V-DAYBE ME-DAY, TOO?I wear a U. S. uniform.I've done the enemy much harm,I've driven backThe Germans and the Japs,From Burma to the Rhine.On every battle line,I've dropped defeat Into the Fascists' laps.

I am a------AmericanOut to defend my land. Army, Navy, Air Corps--I am there. I take munitions through, I fight--or stevedore, too. I face death the same as you do Everywhere. I've seen my buddy lyingWhere he fell. I've watched him dying. I promised him that I would try To make our land a land Where his son could be a man--

And there'd be no Jim Crow birdsLeft in our sky. So this is what I want to know:When we see Victory's glow, Will you still let old Jim CrowHold me back? When all those foreign folks who've waited--Italians, Chinese, Danes--are liberated. Will I still be ill-fated Because I'm black? Here in my own, my native land, Will the Jim Crow laws still stand? Will Dixie lynch me still When I return? Or will you comrades in armsFrom the factories and the farms

,Have learned what this warWas fought for us to learn? When I take off my uniform, Will I be safe from harm--Or will you do me As the Germans did the Jews? When I've helped this world to save,Shall I still be color's slave? Or will Victory changeYour antiquated views? You can't say I didn't fight To smash the Fascists' might.

You can't say I wasn't with you in each battle. As a soldier, and a friend. When this war comes to an end, Will you herd me in a Jim Crow car Like cattle? Or will you stand up like a man At home and take your stand For Democracy? That's all I ask of you.When we lay the guns away To celebrateOur Victory Day WILL V-DAY BE ME-DAY, TOO? That's what I want to know.Sincerely,GI Joe. Langston Hughes