Russell Simon The Paper: Langston Hughes and the African-American Dream Until the first part of the 20th century the world of poetry was dominated by white artists. White poetry written about the experiences of white people was the only kind of verse most people had ever heard, read, or known. With the advent of the Harlem renaissance in the 1920's, this relatively genteel world of American poetry was shaken to its foundations. Strong black voices, …showed first 75 words of 1542 total…

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