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LANGSTON HUGHES
His writing as an African American was influenced by the social
issues of his time…….
Cierra Johnson Eng102 T/4
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Jim Crow Laws
Segregation
Education
Health Care
His response to this was his poem “Children’s
Rhyme”
Public Transportation
Voting
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Children’s Rhymes By what sends
The white kidsI ain’t sent
I know I can’t be president.What don’t bug white kids
sure bugs me. We know everybodyain’t free
Lies written down For white folks ain’t
for us a-tallLiberty and Justice
Huh- For All?
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Segregation all over the land….
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World War II
“Will V-day Be Me- day too?”
In this poem Langston Hughes was speaking on the unfair and unequal treatment of the
black World War II soldiers. These young men who were fighting for democracy of America in
a foreign land( and had no rights at home). Some solders were lynched while still in there
uniforms upon returning home. He felt this injustice at home was a disservice to the entire
country.
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Will V-day Be Me-Day Too?Over There, World War II. Dear Fellow Americans, I write this letter Hoping times will be better When this war Is through. I'm a Tan-skinned Yank Driving a tank. I ask, WILL V-DAY BE ME-DAY, TOO? I wear a U. S. uniform. I've done the enemy much harm, I've driven back The Germans and the Japs, From Burma to the Rhine. On every battle line, I've dropped defeat Into the Fascists' laps. I am a Negro American Out to defend my land Army, Navy, Air Corps-- I am there. I take munitions through, I fight--or stevedore, too. I face death the same as you do Everywhere.
*This is a excerpt out of the poem.
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African American World War IIsoldiers
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"Negro members of the 477th Antiaircraft Artillery, Air Warning Battalion, study maps in the operations section at Oro Bay, New
Guinea." November 15, 1944. Pvt. Edward Grefe. 111-SC-305909
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Democracy will not comeToday, this year
Nor everThrough compromise and fear
I have as much rightAs the other fellow has
To standOn my two feet
And own the landI tire so hearing people say,
Let’s things take their course.Tomorrow is another day
I do not need my freedom when I’m deadI cannot live on tomorrow’s bread
Freedom Is sharing seedPlanted In a great need.
I live here too.I want freedom
Just as you
Democracy
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Justice
That justice is a blind Goddess Is a thing to which
We blacks are wise: Her bandages hide two festering sores that once perhaps
were eyes.
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Langston Hughes was born in 1902 around the turn of the century. As a child he experienced racial segregation and later in life was blessed with the gift to write. Langston Hughes used his gift of writing to be a voice to the nation. He used his poems to stir the conscious of the masses. He wrote about political, social, and other issues facing African American’s. His weapon of choice was his pen. Langston Hughes died in1967 and left a rich legacy of poems behind.
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Some of Langston Hughes Literary Works
I, Too, Sing AmericaJustice
Mother to SonDream Deferred
DemocracyThe Negro Speaks of Rivers
Negro MotherChildren’s Rhymes
Po’ Boy BluesCultural Exchanges
• He also wrote numerous plays, essay, and his autobiography
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Pictures Courtesy of:
http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/article_overview.htm
http://www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/African-Americans.html
http://students.cis.uab.edu/rwians/Unethical%20Research.htm
http://www.crmvet.org/images/imgselma.htm
http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/
http://www.popdecay.com/2010/10/26/1961-freedom-riders-call-for-prisoners-release/7231
http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=67197
http://1hiphopucit.com/2011/02/happy-birthday-langston-hughes-video/