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Langston Hughes

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King of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two poems about Lenin emphasizing the internationalist nature of his legacy and felt more at ease in the Soviet Union than America.

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"Something about the last stanza is very sentimental to me."
Lenin by Langston Hughes · u/chadthan · ↑119 · 2024-06-25
"In agreement with the daughter of the Confederate Captain is Langston Hughes, the king of the Harlem Renaissance, who wrote two poems about Lenin. Both emphasize the internationalist nature of Lenin's legacy, perhaps unsurprising for the African-American poet who felt more at ease in the Soviet Unio"
Happy May Day fam · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑72 · 2023-05-01
"In agreement with the daughter of the Confederate Captain is Langston Hughes, the king of the Harlem Renaissance, who wrote two poems about Lenin"
Happy May Day fam · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑72 · 2023-05-01
"Langston Hughes considered Whitman a personal hero, and responds directly to him in his powerful 'I, Too,' in which he calls himself Whitman's 'darker brother.'"
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