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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
Which phenomenon is Langston Hughes exploring in his poems "I Dream a World" and "Democracy"?

the development of African American music and art as a result of racism

the legacy of slavery and its impact on African American spiritual beliefs

the effects of the cultural, moral, and legal boundaries set upon African Americans

the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance and its influence on the rest of the country

Answer 1

the effects of the cultural, moral, and legal boundaries set upon African Americans

Both poems protest restrictions and call for immediate freedom and equality, opposing the social, moral, and legal limits placed on Black people.