5th pd - Harlem Renaissance - Literature by César https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6 en-us 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC 2026-03-04 17:56:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Click below for a read aloud. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648728 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648728 ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648729 If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen we must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!


]]> 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648729 Here's a breakdown of the poem. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648731 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648731 Here is another read aloud. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648733 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648733 Click below for a read aloud. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648734 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648734 ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648736 Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me.
Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, "🤬."
I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember.]]> 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648736 Click below for a read aloud. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648739 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648739 Click below for a read aloud. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648741 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648741 ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648745 I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am 
And be ashamed--
I, too, am America.]]> 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648745 Here is a scene from The Great Debaters where the poem is featured. ctrevino8 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648746 2021-11-15 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1891648746 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899861355 The author means, if they must die, it must be in a brave manor. ]]> 2021-11-18 15:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899861355 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899870756 They want to die in a civil way, in honor.]]> 2021-11-18 15:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899870756 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899877552 He remembers his childhood and how slurs were used against him in a hurtful manor.]]> 2021-11-18 15:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899877552 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899887941 The insult might have been an influence from parents, etc. The insult was because he was not the skin color as the other boy. This makes it more devastating because the child probably does not even know how harsh the insult is or what is going on in the real world with African Americans. A child hearing this from another is probably worse than hearing it from an adult.]]> 2021-11-18 15:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899887941 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899894462 The speaker is speaking in a hopeful tone because when migrating north, people will see how they are the same. He believes he will be able to live life freely, the way he deserves.]]> 2021-11-18 15:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899894462 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899899361 The details of the kitchen in the poem state that tomorrow he wont have to leave the dinner table once more. He says eventually they will realize his greatness.]]> 2021-11-18 15:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899899361 kimberlyk1003 https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899902746 In america today, we have realized the greatness of people of every skin color. Although there is still discrimination, we are evolving into a better place where peace is possible.]]> 2021-11-18 15:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ctrevino8/5sks2qp9azvi0ds6/wish/1899902746