How Did Langston Hughes Create A Negative Connotation Of Black Oppression

Langston Hughes (1902- 1967), an American poet during the Civil Rights Movement, constructed the somber short poem to reflect what it was like to be a black American in the 1950s. “Harlem (Dreams Deferred)”, written in 1951, expresses the barriers of the black community and their adversities fighting for equality of an era of oppression. Under the pressure of a judgmental society, Hughes reflects the limitations that once haunted them during Jim Crowism post Harlem Renaissance (A&E, biography). With the use of figurative language and symbolism, Hughes successfully conveys a negative connotation of black oppression of the 20th century.
Hughes focuses and elaborates on the struggles of black oppression with symbolism and figurative language.