By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Let America Be America Again’ is a 1938 poem by Langston Hughes (1901-67), a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In the poem, Hughes contrasts the American Dream with the less glorious reality of Depression-era America, a land where many people are poor and social inequality is rife. One ... Read more
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