Question

Which fact would best help a reader understand the context of Langston Hughes's poetry? Hughes wrote both poems and plays about the African American experience. Hughes planned to study engineering when he entered college. Hughes lived in a neighborhood of working-class African Americans. Hughes liked to travel throughout the country when he was still a young man.

Answer 1

Correct answer choice is :

C) Hughes lived in a neighborhood of working-class African Americans

Explanation:

Langston Hughes composed a myriad of dramas, short novels, and articles. He is essentially recognized for his poetry, particularly the lyrics he wrote while the Harlem Renaissance. Scholars and analysts always relate to him the “African American Poet Laureate of Democracy,” forming a similarity between Hughes and Walt Whitman. Whitman, like Hughes, wrote about the daily biographies of American men and women using easy language to summon great melodies in a relocatable way.

Answer 2

C Hughes lived in a neighborhood of working-class African Americans.