Who Is Langston Hughes?

Langston Hughes is by fare the most important writers of the Harlem Renaissance which was the artistic movement of African Americans in the 1920's that celebrated African American life and culture in New York. Hughes was one of the most creative African Americans who used his neighborhood as influence. Like other active members of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes had a strong sense of racial pride and through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books; he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture. Most of his poems were influential during this time period. In this essay, I will be talking about five of Langton Hughes famous poems that speak of race, segregation and the effects it has
Furthermore, he specifies the ways his race has restricted him, due to the laws that are put in place and pronounce that his teacher is freer than him. Because of his skin color and it was very challenging for him at the school. Regardless of the way that the speaker portrays racism, he is ready to position himself intimately with his classmates and teacher. He enjoys “to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. / I like to work, read, learn, and understand life (21-22)” just like them. He goes on to state that, “I guess being colored doesn’t make me not like/ the same things other folks like who are other races (25-26)”. Along these lines, he proposes that his different from everyone else, But not that different, because they have some similarities. Hughes challenges the need of societal practices, for an example, segregation, and furthermore proposes that those things that keep blacks and whites separated are
He also calls upon his fellow African-Americans to find "the road", a metaphor for a profound concept of justice and belonging to a long-suffering people. The speaker is alluding to isolation in which certain regions are allocated to him and every single African-American where they are permitted to go. If you he goes to a white bathroom or sit in front of the bus, he will have to pay a price for it. "Through dark eyes in a dark face is referring to African- Americans. “All these walls oppression builds" refers to cruel or unjust treatment as such the white people taking control and treating the African-Americans cruel. The poem shift is gloomy it is all about the thought of segregation and separation of blacks and whites. The second shift is when it says " I look then at the silly walls/ through dark eyes in a dark face" which is showing that he is starting to think about how he can make lives for African-American's better, unlike at the beginning when they are all just sad about segregation, and doesn't even attempt to do anything about