Black History Month Langston Hughes Analysis

Black history month is known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. Black history month has been celebrated since 1926, and is greatly appreciated. Black history month month celebrates people like Boston Massacre figure Crispus Attucks, Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman, Legal figure Homer Plessy, Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bus-riding activist Rosa Parks, ‘Black Power’ advocate Malcolm X, and Educator Booker T. Washington. Due to this group, it is evident how blacks have contributed to the fiber of American culture, ranging from useful inventions to innovative musical interludes, and beyond. Blacks have served and died in defense of their adopted homeland. The individuals that make up the whole of the black population, have offered up their talents to forward the cause of peace and prosperity in America.

Langston hughes is a famous american poet, who emphasises on the topic of black inequality in most of his works.besides owning the title of a beloved American poet, Hughes considered himself a social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. Hughes innovated the then-new literary art form called jazz

Hughes achieves this by mentioning how dreams of opportunity and equality do not belong to him because of his race. Hughes brings attention to the black inequality in this poem, and brought a new idea to african americans in the year of 1936. Hughes mentions the previous acts against slaves as well, which infuses emotions into the reader towards the discriminated group. This poem ties into black history month because the poem emphasises on the history of the african american culture in America, and depicts the emotions of the slaves at the