What has been deferred in the poem "Deferred" by Langston Hughes? A. the African American dream  B. the emancipation of the enslaved C. the civil rights movement D. the abolitionist movement

Which characteristics of jazz poetry can be found in the following lines from Langston Hughes's poem "Deferred"?I want to pass the civil service.I want a television set.You know, as old as I am,I ain't neverowned a decent radio yet?I'd like to take up Bach. call and response  improvisation bamboula syncopation

What is the theme of this poem by Langston Hughes?              Still HereI have been scared and batteredMy hopes the wind done scattered   Snow has friz’ me,   Sun has baked me,Looks like between ‘em they doneTried to make me   Stop laughin,   Stop lovin’,   Stop livin’ –But I don’t care!I’m still here!sufferingdeathstaminadefiance

Who is the speaker of Langston Hughes' Merry-go-round poem?a.An African American manb.A colored childc.The owner of the merry-go-roundd.Langston Hughes

Who was Langston Hughes? aA famous poet who wrote about the daily lives of working-class Black people. bA famous poet who wrote about the upper class Black people. cA jazz musician who led many bands. dA famous trumpet player.

“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” is a 1926 essay by Langston Hughes. The essay suggests that Black writers should embrace their racial identity, since doing otherwise would be being dishonest to themselves, which would render them unable to create powerful art: -------Which quotation from “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” most effectively illustrates the claim? “But then there are the low-down folks, the so-called common element, and they are the majority.” eliminate“And I was sorry the young man said that, for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.”eliminate“The road for the serious black artist, then, who would produce a racial art is most certainly rocky and the mountain is high.”eliminate“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.”