Interwoven blackness and whiteness: Langston Hughes’ perspective on American pluralism

Abstract

Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was an American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns. This study analyses the inequitable social dynamics and power relations between whites and blacks as depicted in Hughes’ poetry and examines how the pluralistic politics expressed therein contribute to the improvement of social reality in America