We can see these from one of his famous poems"I, too" when he says:"Besides,/They'll see me beautiful I am/And be ashamed".He yearns for freedom and equality. In some day, whites will see beauty in black and feel ashamed of their ignorance.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and African American literature. He expresses his pride of being an African American. In his poems, he promotes the African American culture and the racial pride in the black community. He points out the social and racial problems and also inspires some blacks to recognize their beauty and dignity of blackness.
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Good enough. What do you think of this man's work? Do you think that he was right in saying that it was his responsibility and that of other Black writers of the time to present the story of the Black race in this country and beyond? Others disagreed with him, as you know.
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