I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
Langston HughesThe depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negroes had but few pegs to fall.
Langston HughesSometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.
Langston Hughes