America’s strength as always lain in its diversity, as Walt Whitman well knew. “I Sing America” is a great poem to read on July 4th.
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Whitman Celebrates a Diverse America
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Holding America to Its Ideals
Whitman and Hughes, together, remind us of the American promise.
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We All Sing America
Between them, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes do a good job of defining America.
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Whitman & Hughes Hear America Singing
Today, for July 4, I offer up two ultra-American poems. Walt Whitman embraces multitudes” in “I Hear America Singing,” and Langston Hughes, in an addendum, mentions some of those Americans that, in the past, have been forgotten. May we all remember that America is astounding in its willingness to open itself to all people.
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