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James Langston Hughes flashcards_
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- 1James Langston Hughes was an Afro-Americanpoet,social activist,novelist,playwright and columnist from Joplin,Missouri
- 2One of his favorite pastimes was to sit in some locals where listening to jazz , blues and wrote poetry.He was one of the first innovators of the then-new literary art form called"jazz poetry"
- 3He died on (year and cause)1967
from complications of prostate cancer.
- 4Hughes' poems expressedthe suffering and the struggle of his people for equal rights
- 5In the poem "I,too,sing America" ,the speaker is sent to (place and cause)the kitchen when company comes for dinner.
- 6The main themes of Hughes poetry werethe proximity to the marginalized and the fight against racism
- 7These words express the message that pervades the whole poem:not only whites are Americans, but Afro-Americans are citizens and should be treated equally.
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- Here there are some flshcards about Hughes and his poetry
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- dead promises 死んだ約束 · ene 2016
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