se of this ability, the inability to consider himself less than fully entitled to the same right to human dignity as any other human, regardless of skin color, “No enjoyed being a Negro as much as Langston Hughes. He portrayed the humor, wit, endurance, and faith of his people with extraordinary skill. Subjected to discrimination and segregation, he remained steadfast in his devotion to human rights. His well-known defense of black writers was typical: ‘We y
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