The speaker's real feelings come through about the inequality between black and white races. ... When he says, "Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me./ Nor do I often want to be a part of you" (34-35), it is in the context of stating that he and his instructor (and perhaps black Americans and white Americans) are connected in ways that they cannot help, and that even though they may not like it sometimes, it doesn't change that fact. ... "I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love/ I like to work, read, learn, and understand life" (21-22), he says. ... The inclusi...

• Word Count: 971
• Approx Pages: 4

It took the American democracy several years to enforce equality among whites and blacks. ... He refers to America as hell, or a place like it. ... "Giving me strength erect against her hate." ... A famous poem that he wrote on the struggles of black people was entitled "From the Dark Tower". I believe in this poem he discusses the inequality of blacks period, not only in America. ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

At that time, this man was only the second black person to make a living as a writer (Harper 5). ... There, in Africa, he was treated like he was White and found that it was, in many ways, like reverse discrimination from what was in America. ... He once said, "Jazz to me is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America" (Berry 21). ... Hughes believed that the only difference between life for the Jews and life for the Blacks of the United States was that the Blacks had freedom of speech. ... Langston Hughes was a great man in Black rights history. ...

• Word Count: 1218
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the text, he states that Bop "sounds like pure nonsense syllables to me". ... In addition to Hughes' text, he uses symbolism to convey the segregation between blacks and whites as well as the mistreatment of blacks. ... Lastly, Hughes also uses onomatopoeia to reveal the mistreatment of blacks during segregation. ...

• Word Count: 637
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School