1. The Many Faces of Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a man ahead of his time with views that saw beyond color barriers, and while his writings did appeal to interracial groups who were into "serious" modern literature he was still viewed as a Revolutionary and a voice for the African American. Smethurst refers to this with the following statement: "This division of Hughes's work into three basic modes can be seen as a reflection of the relative weakness of the Left within the broader African American community in the early 1930s at the same time that the political, cultural, and economic impact of the Gre...
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