Langston Hughes celebrated the resilience, creativity, and beauty of African Americans. He believed in the strength and power of his community, and his poetry delved into the complexities of African American life, history, and culture. Hughes advocated for social justice and equality for African Americans through his work.
He wanted equal rights but he didn't think it was possible.
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes is written from the point of view of a mother speaking to her son. She uses a metaphorical staircase to convey life's challenges and the importance of perseverance.
His life - his state of being/ point of view. (Don't use it unless there's something big/important in your life)
The lesson learned in "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes is about the power of kindness and compassion. Through the interaction between Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger, the story demonstrates that a simple act of generosity can have a profound impact on someone's life. It teaches us the importance of forgiveness and second chances.
the African american society is able to vote. we now have a African american president for 4 more years. we are now accepting African american in our society. Before we were all completely isolated but now we mingle and we realized that African Americans are amazing people. i am not an African american but this is my view of how our opinions have changed about African americans
the African american society is able to vote. we now have a African american president for 4 more years. we are now accepting African american in our society. Before we were all completely isolated but now we mingle and we realized that African Americans are amazing people. i am not an African american but this is my view of how our opinions have changed about African americans
most black Americans will be proud and will think that the states treat people fairly to asians, black and white people.
they Saw it as a great step towards racial equality.
The North did not want slavery they thought it was wrong to treat African Americans different from others.
AnswerI have quoted the "I Too Sing America" and "I Hear America Singing" at the bottom of this response, thanks to Poets.Org:The poem indirectly refers to Walt Whitman's poems like "I Hear America Singing" and "Song of Myself Part I" where Walt Whitman uses the metaphor of song to discuss how Americans from various different occupations all come together to create one harmonious American identity. In Langston Hughes' view, the African-American has been forced out of this song of America, but is an important part. In this poem, he petitions the reader to see that he is equal to his White brothers.He reveals the racism set deep in American culture at the time by saying that "whenever company comes" he, a representative for the African-American community, are forced to eat in the kitchen. In this way, the African-Americans can be swept under the carpet and not incorporated into the face that America presents to the world. However, he says that this isolation, while mostly negative, does have a salutary element. He can "grow strong".Langston is not only negative. He foresees a future in which all Americans will recognize that African Americans are truly a part of American culture and will blown away by the beauty of that culture. Their importance will be so central that nobody will "dare" to relegate him to the kitchen to hide. Instead, they will be ashamed that they ever asked the African-American community to do that. In a certain sense, some of that "future" has come to pass, but much more progress still has to be done for African-Americans to really become equal partners in the Song of America.I, too, sing America.I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong.Tomorrow,I'll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody'll dareSay to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.Besides,They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed-I, too, am America.
One view: Over so many generations of being in the New World, African Americans are no longer attached to their native Africa and have developed a unique African American culture.Another view: Because they are not nor were they ancestors from "Africa" like it is often portrayed, but are descendants of Israel. The connection is not there to Africa because it wasn't truly ever.
1960
He refered the treatmeant african-americans were receiving to the same one that was being given in the holocaust