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too, am America: The Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement
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“I Dream a World”
by Langston Hughes
I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom’s way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind—
Of such I dream, my world!
“Democracy”
by Langston Hughes
Democracy will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right
As the other fellow has
To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.

I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you.
By Permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Copyright ©1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes
In the poems “I Dream a World” and “Democracy,” the author, Langston Hughes,

asks that democracy be put immediately into practice.

claims he has dreams of a better future for all mankind.

addresses the problem of inequality for Black Americans.

waits patiently for the right moment to act against oppression.

Answer 1

"claims he has dreams of a better future for all mankind."

Both poems express Hughes’s vision of equality and freedom for everyone — e.g., "I dream a world where all / Will know sweet freedom's way" and "I live here, too. I want freedom / Just as you."