Summary Of Let Us Be America Again By Langston Hughes

The Progressive activism era was a time where everyone tried to fix the corrupt government and make it better overall. For African American activists like Washington, it was often hard to get their voices heard, so they had to fight harder than most. Washington was a very powerful man and wouldn’t stop until someone listened. The white activists loved him because of his idea that justice isn’t necessary now, but will eventually come if everyone works hard and does their share in society. He questions Washington here because he is asking the black people to give up wanting political power, civil rights, and a higher education. Du Bois has many arguments against Washington’s ideas. He says, “He insists on thrift and self-respect, but at the same

Discuss the shift of tone Hughes makes for this different kind of audience.

These poems have a softer voice and a sweet tone to it. It’s urging the children to keep dreaming and to hold on to those dreams. He wants to protect the dreams of the innocent and young because the “two rough fingers” are going to try and destroy their hope someday. He is saying that we have to fight for our dreams because people will be harsh.
5) Hughes' poem "Let America be America Again" was first published in Esquire magazine in 1935. Read through the text of the poem and discuss how the images and issues Hughes raises in this poem still resonate with America today.

This poem is very powerful to me because it’s showing the “America” that screams equality and freedom, but then, it shows a realistic view into the lives of people who don’t have that freedom and equality. This is still true today because black people are style fighting every day to be seen equally and not be judged by the color of their skin. America is not that great when we look deeper into the society and the struggles the minority people face. (This is one (of many) reason Trump bothers me… America was never “great”, so how can we make America great