“I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.”

— Langston Hughes

Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Context: I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

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American writer and social activist 1902–1967

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“I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.”