Similarities Between Martin Luther King Jr And Langston Hughes

The similarities of the works of Martin Luther King and Langston Hughes, specifically the “American Dream” speech of Martin’s and “Let America be America again” of Langston’s, include that they are both describe the suffrage of black people and talks about gaining their freedom. In “the American Dream”, Martin Luther says, “We have proudly professed the principles of democracy, and on the other hand we practiced the very antithesis of those principles,” while Langston says in his poem, “America never was America to me.” These two statements describe the hardships of the black people, in that they, as their ancestors were residents of America during the time of the Declaration of Independence, were supposed to receive their freedom as well,
but did not. Martin and Langston also talk about how to act to gain their rights. Martin says we, “We must live together like brothers, or perish together like fools,” and Langston says, “We must take back our land again America.’’ They both are describing ways to gain independence: come together as brothers and fight. This is how both Martin Luther’s “American Dream” and Langston Hughe’s “Let America be America again,” are similar.