Carlos Lopes
Feb 23rd 2016
African American Literature
Instructor - Brionne Thompson I, Too – Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a very well known African-American poet who was also a social activist, novelist, playwright and a columnist. Hughes was born on February 1st , 1902 in Joplin Missouri, United States with an African American, white American and also native American ethnicity. Hughes parents were both educators, however his father abandoned him while he was still a kid. Hughes lived in many different parts of the U.S with family members while he was growing up. While he was attending high school in Cleveland, Ohio he developed an appreciation for poetry, which he then was elected to be class poet. Hughes was highly involved within the school system that proves that he was a very intellectual individual. As an adult he worked at a variety of odd jobs ranging from a crewmen to personal assistant of historian Carter G.Woodson. Hughes then enrolled at Lincoln University earning himself a bachelor’s degree in 1924. After college Hughes moved to Harlem, New York where he established himself till his death. While in Harlem, Hughes became to be known as one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with his early innovations of then-new literary art called Jazz Poetry. Hughes published many poems that gained national …show more content…
“A metaphor that continues into the sentences that follow”, Hughes presents a metaphor representing how segregation is coming to an end. The first line of the “ I, too, sing America” is a clear representation that he; regardless of the color is also “ America”, not just white Americans, but an individual who is American. The author then goes on to the second stanza where his first line is “ I am the darker brother” which reflects his skin color. The rest of second stanza is a representation of discrimination and shame that their own country has towards African
Feb 23rd 2016
African American Literature
Instructor - Brionne Thompson I, Too – Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a very well known African-American poet who was also a social activist, novelist, playwright and a columnist. Hughes was born on February 1st , 1902 in Joplin Missouri, United States with an African American, white American and also native American ethnicity. Hughes parents were both educators, however his father abandoned him while he was still a kid. Hughes lived in many different parts of the U.S with family members while he was growing up. While he was attending high school in Cleveland, Ohio he developed an appreciation for poetry, which he then was elected to be class poet. Hughes was highly involved within the school system that proves that he was a very intellectual individual. As an adult he worked at a variety of odd jobs ranging from a crewmen to personal assistant of historian Carter G.Woodson. Hughes then enrolled at Lincoln University earning himself a bachelor’s degree in 1924. After college Hughes moved to Harlem, New York where he established himself till his death. While in Harlem, Hughes became to be known as one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with his early innovations of then-new literary art called Jazz Poetry. Hughes published many poems that gained national …show more content…
“A metaphor that continues into the sentences that follow”, Hughes presents a metaphor representing how segregation is coming to an end. The first line of the “ I, too, sing America” is a clear representation that he; regardless of the color is also “ America”, not just white Americans, but an individual who is American. The author then goes on to the second stanza where his first line is “ I am the darker brother” which reflects his skin color. The rest of second stanza is a representation of discrimination and shame that their own country has towards African