In his poem “I, Too," Langston Hughes writes a scene of protest, in which he ― the “darker brother” of America ― is sent to eat in the kitchen, metaphorically speaking. But “tomorrow,” he says, he’ll stay seated at the table when company comes. “They’ll see how beautiful I am,” he writes, “And be ashamed.”
(Hughes, it should be noted, did not always protest so quietly. Five years before his death he wrote an all-caps poem that’s been hailed as one of his most ...Lees meer
September 7, 2016 op 9:53 by die
Langston Hughes’ home is worth saving. One of our best authors ever, he must not be forgotten.
A few of my favorite books by him: The Ways Of White Folks and The Big Sea which is autobiographical.
Let the memory of Langston Hughes, live on!
Jennie D. Davis