Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

The American poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967) penned many well-known poems, such as ＂The Negro Speaks of Rivers,＂ ＂I, Too, Sing America,＂ and ＂The Dream Keeper.＂

Sean Qualls received a Coretta Scott King Honor for Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. www.seanqualls.com.