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| <root> | ||
| <poem title="Ballad of Booker T." date="1941-06-1"> | ||
| <!--<meta> element holds content not directly used in transcript --> | ||
| <meta> | ||
| <about> | ||
| <!--Most, if not, all information here comes directly from The Library of Congress. --> | ||
| <note>- Reproduction number: A57 (color slide; first and second drafts); A58 (color | ||
| slide; final draft)</note> | ||
| <note>- Langston Hughes (1902-1967), known for his lyric poetry, often wrote | ||
| insightful commentaries about African-American culture and race relations in the | ||
| United States. In this 1941 poem he makes a case for the vindication of educator | ||
| Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), the former slave and founder of Tuskegee | ||
| Institute (1881) and the National Negro Business League (1900) who was harshly | ||
| criticized by many people for emphasizing vocational education as the | ||
| prerequisite for the political empowerment of black people. In his poem, Hughes | ||
| stresses the fact that Washington wanted to train the head, the heart, and the | ||
| hand. He focuses on Washington's practicality and explains the educator's | ||
| strategy with the statement, "Sometimes he had / compromise in his talk-- / for | ||
| a man must crawl / before he can walk / and in Alabama in '85 / a joker was | ||
| lucky / to be alive."</note> | ||
| <note>- Because the Library holds several dated drafts of the "Ballad of Booker T.," | ||
| as well as the signed, finished version, researchers can learn how Hughes | ||
| crafted his words so that the rhythm and the rhyme were syncopated, smooth, and | ||
| flowing.</note> | ||
| </about> | ||
| <citations> | ||
| <!-- <c> elements represent independent citations--> | ||
| <c type="Chicago"> Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 | ||
| June. 30-31 May first and second drafts; 1 June 1, 1941. Manuscript/Mixed | ||
| Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mcc.024/. </c> | ||
| <c type="APA"> (1941) Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 | ||
| May-1 June. 30-31 May first and second drafts; 1 June 1. [Manuscript/Mixed | ||
| Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, | ||
| https://www.loc.gov/item/mcc.024/. </c> | ||
| <c type="MLA"> Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 | ||
| June. 30-31 May first and second drafts; 1 June 1, 1941. Manuscript/Mixed | ||
| Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/mcc.024/. | ||
| </c> | ||
| </citations> | ||
| </meta> | ||
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| <ts> | ||
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| <sect type="header"> | ||
| <l> | ||
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| <special type="title">BALLAD OF BOOKER T.</special> | ||
| </l> | ||
| <l>by</l> | ||
| <l>Langston Hughes</l> | ||
| </sect> | ||
| <sect type="poem"> | ||
| <l>Booker T.</l> | ||
| <l>Was a practical man.</l> | ||
| <l>He said, Till the soil</l> | ||
| <l>And learn from the land.</l> | ||
| <l>Let down your bucket</l> | ||
| <graphic name="The Library of Congress Stamp"/> | ||
| <l>Where you are.</l> | ||
| <l>Your fate is here</l> | ||
| <l>And not afar.</l> | ||
| <l>To help yourself</l> | ||
| <l>And your fellow man,</l> | ||
| <l>Train your head,</l> | ||
| <l>Your heart, <special type="underline">and your hand</special>.</l> | ||
| <l>For smartness alone's</l> | ||
| <l>Surely not meet—</l> | ||
| <l>If you haven't at the same time</l> | ||
| <l>Got something to eat.</l> | ||
| <l>Thus at Tuskegee</l> | ||
| <l>He built a school</l> | ||
| <l>With book-learning there</l> | ||
| <l>And the workman's tool.</l> | ||
| <l>He started out</l> | ||
| <l>In a simple way—</l> | ||
| <l>For yesterday</l> | ||
| <l>Was <special type="underline">not</special> today.</l> | ||
| <l>Sometimes he had</l> | ||
| <l>Compromise in his talk—</l> | ||
| <l>For a man must crawl</l> | ||
| <l>Before he can walk—</l> | ||
| <l>And in Alabama in '85</l> | ||
| <l>A joker was lucky</l> | ||
| <l>To be alive.</l> | ||
| <l>But Booker T.</l> | ||
| <l>Was nobody's fool:</l> | ||
| <l>You may carve a dream</l> | ||
| <l>With an humble tool.</l> | ||
| <l>The tallest tower</l> | ||
| <l>Can tumble down</l> | ||
| <l>If it be not rooted</l> | ||
| <l>In solid ground.</l> | ||
| <l>So, being a far-seeing</l> | ||
| <l>Practical man,</l> | ||
| <l>He said, Train your head,</l> | ||
| <l>Your heart, <special type="underline">and your hand</special>.</l> | ||
| <l>Your fate is here</l> | ||
| <l>And not afar,</l> | ||
| <l>So let down your bucket</l> | ||
| <l>Where you are.</l> | ||
| </sect> | ||
| <l> | ||
| <special type="signature">LANGSTON HUGHES</special> | ||
| </l> | ||
| <sect type="footer"> | ||
| <l>Final Draft,</l> | ||
| <l>Hollow Hills Farm,</l> | ||
| <l>Monterey, California,</l> | ||
| <l>June 1, 1941.</l> | ||
| </sect> | ||
| </ts> | ||
| </poem> | ||
| </root> |