James Baldwin is considered one of the most important African American writer of novels, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as a civil right activist. ... Baldwin used essays to examine race relations. ... He traces the influence of Countee Cullen, who taught Baldwin French in junior high school, and of literary models like Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. ... "The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings" by Randall Kenan "is gathering of some sixty previously uncollected essays, speeches, profiles, reviews, letters, and a short story, written by Baldwin and edited a...

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In the play, Hansberry also expands the idea of Langston Hughes's famous 1951 poem "Harlem " by showing the deferred dreams of people like the main family in the play, dreams that should not be allowed to dry up. ... This essay will describe segregation as an obstacle to human development, because it prevents human beings from expressing and pursuing their goals. ...

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