Comparing Langston Hughes to Maya Angelou When African Americans returned home after World War Two, they still had seen a country that did not give them full rights. A movement began many African Americans stood up by writing poems, articles and books. Two people who made an impact because of what they wrote are Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. They share similar messages throughout their pieces. Maya Angelous “Still I Rise” and Langston Hughes “I, Too, Sing America” is very similar. Both of these poems were created during the Harlem Renaissance/Civil Rights time period and are about the segregation of African Americans. Mata Angelous attitude in “Still I Rise’ is determined and strong. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me
