CBS Evening News | "Let America Be America" poem then and now

Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again" shows the nation's continued struggle of freedom and equality

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Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again" was written more than eight decades ago, but is just as relevant now as our nation struggles to live up to its promise of freedom and equality. Air Date: Jun 3, 2020

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