About His Life
This is the political party that he was infatuated with
What is communism?
This is the speaker in "I, Too"
Who is "The darker brother in America?"
The speaker jumps in this at the beginning of the poem
What is a river?
He wrote a Broadway play called this
What is Mulatto?
The line "I too, am America" is an example of this poetic device
What is a metaphor?
This is what "Life is Fine" is about.
What is suicide?
This was his job during the Spanish Civil war in 1937
What is a newspaper correspondent?
Langston Hughes is responding to this 1860 poem written by Walt Whitman with the poem "I, Too"
What is "I Hear America Singing"
Langston Hughes does this to create a lighthearted tone
What is rhyme?
This was one of his famous classmates at Black Lincoln University in 1926
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This is the purpose of putting a metaphor in "I, Too"
What is to evoke an empathetic response from the audience?
This is the floor the speaker goes to in the fourth stanza
What is the sixteenth?
This is the university he attended and studied engineering at in 1921
What is Columbia University?
This is the theme of "I, Too" (answers may vary)
What is the exclusion of black Americans despite their contribution to the country?
This is the theme of "Life is Fine" (answers may vary)
What is perseverance?