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Flashcards by dead promises 死んだ約束, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dead promises 死んだ約束
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| James Langston Hughes was an Afro-American | poet,social activist,novelist,playwright and columnist from Joplin,Missouri |
| One 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" |
| He died on (year and cause) | 1967 from complications of prostate cancer. |
| Hughes' poems expressed | the suffering and the struggle of his people for equal rights |
| In the poem "I,too,sing America" ,the speaker is sent to (place and cause) | the kitchen when company comes for dinner. |
| The main themes of Hughes poetry were | the proximity to the marginalized and the fight against racism |
| These 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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