Langston Hughes
1902-1967
born in Missouri
Columbia University 1922
Traveled Africa and Europe
At 24, published first book of poems: The Weary Blues
Promoter of black literature and culture
The piece we see here is from Hughes' one-act play - Hollywood Mammy
This piece highlights the stereotypes African Americans face.
African Americans are expected to be from Alabama, to speak in an uneducated manner, to wear kerchief around their necks and an apron around their waist.
"In slavery I slaves, and on the screen I'm slaving still" (Hollywood Mammy, Himes).
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