It took the American democracy several years to enforce equality among whites and blacks. Several authors such as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen confronted this situation of the incomplete American dream with literature that proposed the irony of its society. ... There was also an African American author by the name of Langston Hughes. ... Hughes even threatened the white system by promising change someday. ...

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

Upon A Hill: Reflection of Langston Hughes" "Theme For English B" In "Theme for English B," the speaker is a student in an English class. Langston Hughes attaches the speaker's feelings of his place in society with three different views: the speaker in the class, the college, and where the speaker lives. ... By choosing these views, Langston Hughes establishes a pattern of white over black that have transcended to today. ... Because of the white over black democracy in the hierarchy, he too was placed above black people. ...

• Word Count: 799
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I. Introduction As a native New Yorker, I can remember growing up in Harlem on 112th street and St. Nicholas Ave. On this block everyone was treated like a family. My siblings and I would go out and play in the street, because we didn't have the luxury of a backyard. We would sit on the stoop...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School