Are there any themes that are the same in Hughes' work compared to "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker?

I think the
best way to answer this question is to consider the historical context and identity of each
author.  Langston Hughes was one of the first poets of the Harlem
Renaissance , the artistic movement that started when African Americans in Harlem, NY
began devoting themselves to art, music, poetry, prose and dance that celebrated who they were
and where they had come from.  This was the only the beginning of what would eventually become
a...