38+ Langston Hughes Harlem Poem Pics. Ultimately, the poem suggests, society will. Copyright © 1994 by the estate of langston hughes.
Langston hughes was a key contributor during the harlem renaissance in the 1920s.
Langston hughes' poem harlem, sometimes called a dream deferred, explores the consequences of allowing a dream to go unfulfilled. Inspired by blues and jazz music, montage harlem considers the harm that is caused when the dream of racial equality is continuously delayed. In harlem it seems langston is very angry at the world. He wanted true equality to reign so that his works of literature might be recognized among all writers of his time, not just those in harlem.