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Langston Hughes And Maya Angelou Comparison

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Back in hard times of the 1900s, two inspirational authors gave hope to African Americans around the world. As white supremacy was the center of America, blacks felt voiceless and didn’t have any sort of freedom to live or do what they wanted. African Americans were known to degradation, pernicious harm, and had to be considered profane in society. Fortunately, the influential people that inspired lots were Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou. Their poems had many similarities and differences. In the Langston Hughes poem “I, Too, Sing America and Maya Angelou’s poem ‘I Rise” both explain the subject of black pride and not being ashamed of where you came from. Moreover, the audience centered toward the American people and taught them to accept
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