During the wartime in the 1900s, African Americans were experiencing discrimination due to white supremacy. Poetry allowed blacks to speak out in society and to show how they felt about their afflictions. In order to express their frustration and emotion as they hoped to bring about change, many of the poems were directed to the whites. Poems like Still I Rise and I, Too, Sing America spoke about black rights and freedom. Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou wanted to influence other citizens to help stand in civil rights movements. Although they expressed different parts of the rights movements, they both were aimed towards whites to bring about change in the American society.
Langston Hughes wrote I, Too, Sing America to show that whites and blacks are the same. He explains how people send him to the kitchen to eat by himself yet he still grows stronger. He stays optimistic by saying that tomorrow he will be eating at the table with everyone else. Whites will see how beautiful he is and will be ashamed of doing him wrong. He lastly ends with mentioning that he too is an integral part of America. In Langston Hughes poem, he is speaking in the perspective of all blacks in the American society. In this time …show more content…
She explains that no matter how much discrimination goes against the blacks, African Americans will always survive and will not give up. At this time period, white superiority was still evident. Blacks still continued to fight for rights, and their persistence allowed them to rise above. In Angelou’s poem, she is speaking in the perspective of all the African Americans. She expresses her thoughts to the whites that no matter what they say or do blacks will live through pain and grow strong. Maya Angelou’s purpose was to inspire blacks to continue their persistence. The poem also was written to make a statement to the whites that African Americans will ensure equal
Langston Hughes wrote I, Too, Sing America to show that whites and blacks are the same. He explains how people send him to the kitchen to eat by himself yet he still grows stronger. He stays optimistic by saying that tomorrow he will be eating at the table with everyone else. Whites will see how beautiful he is and will be ashamed of doing him wrong. He lastly ends with mentioning that he too is an integral part of America. In Langston Hughes poem, he is speaking in the perspective of all blacks in the American society. In this time …show more content…
She explains that no matter how much discrimination goes against the blacks, African Americans will always survive and will not give up. At this time period, white superiority was still evident. Blacks still continued to fight for rights, and their persistence allowed them to rise above. In Angelou’s poem, she is speaking in the perspective of all the African Americans. She expresses her thoughts to the whites that no matter what they say or do blacks will live through pain and grow strong. Maya Angelou’s purpose was to inspire blacks to continue their persistence. The poem also was written to make a statement to the whites that African Americans will ensure equal