Both
poets are speaking of an America that should be vastly different than it is. I think that
Dunbar and Hughes were radical for their time in that they demanded that the marginalized voices
of African- Americans should be understood and grasped by the cultural majority. In some
respects, Dunbar experienced much more difficulty than Hughes. Dunbar was challenged by the
issues of race as well as...
Monday, 24 May 2010
What similarities are there between Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes views on America?
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