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Charles W

Let America be America Again by Langston Hughes - 5 views

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Harlem Renaissance langston hughes america freedom

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  • America never was America to me.)
  • (It never was America to me.)
  • the dream the dreamers dreamed
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  • great strong land of love
  • rowned with no
  • and where LibertyIs
  • alse patriotic wreath,
  • But opportunity is real, and life is free,
  • (There's never been equality for me,Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")
  • I am the man who never got ahead,The poorest worker bartered through the years.
  • The free?Who said the free? Not me?
  • To build a "homeland of the free."
  • Charles W on 07 Jan 14
     
    I chose this poem because it although was written after the time of slavery, Langston Hughes still thinks that America is not completely fee, America is not America to him, there is no equality for him, this poem expresses his feelings of America
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  • Darren D on 07 Jan 14
     
    "To One Coming North" shows that people that is come from the south in wormer weather it is hard to get used to it but they came another reason than that it is for the freedom of anyone.
  • Spencer O on 07 Jan 14
     
    I feel like this poem relates to "To One Coming North" because it makes me feel that the author was happy to be here at first but then things changed and became worse, just like all the snow after the first snow, and the line that's says "that any man be crushed by one above" makes me think of the line that says "and the wind-worried void is chilly, raw," because it's a sudden sense of extreme dissapointment.
  • Charles W on 07 Jan 14
     
    Let America be America by Langston Hughes s very opposite to Claude McKay's To One coming north. This is because McKay says such good things about the north and all this equality, but Hughes disagrees, he says that America is a free place but not to him, he has no equality there, freedom does not spread to him. Their points of view are very different.
  • Molly J on 22 Jan 14
     
    "Let America Be America Again" By Langston Hughes is a negative poem. Criticizing the way America treats its lower class but vital citizens, this poem uses quotes from famous documents like the Declaration of Independence to show that America never achieved its dream of equality. A positive counter-image is seen in Aaron Douglas's "Song of the Towers". In the foreground of this painting, a man stands on a bridge made of a gear in front of a row of towers. Between two towers, the statue of liberty is visible, shining a bright light on the man.
Kevin Z

Song of the Towers - Aaron Douglas - 8 views

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african american american world arts culture Aaron Douglas painting Song of the Tower

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  • Kevin Z on 13 Jan 14
     
    This painting also represents similar traits as "Into Bondage", shows slavery and African-American history. Also represents hope, the man is standing with an instrument and light is shining down. Hope through music.
Jack S

Song of the Towers by Aaron Douglas - 1 views

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Harlem Renaissance Aaron Douglas

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  • Jack S on 13 Jan 14
     
    This poem shows hope because the people are very proud about what they are doj g and there is a light shining on them to show hope
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