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many changes for African-Americans. They had slowly built up communities in America’s urban areas or rural land. Although a very few number of African-Americans could actually be considered successful at this point in time, most had cut all ties from their family’s slave master and had made a life for themselves and the generations to come. Despite the advances made, African-Americans were still treated horribly by whites. They were segregated from society, placed on the outside and looked upon as outcasts. They were not given the same freedoms or opportunities as the white man. Although white America kept assuming that African-Americans would accept their preconceived place in society, many revolutionary sparks began to fly in the early 20th century. Protest groups began to form all over the nation. Many prominent leaders in the African-American community began to speak out, often times loudly, about the unjust treatment their people received.
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for equality. This sparked a fascination with freedom in Hughes’ young mind. Hughes attended school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he showed an early talent for writing, specifically poetry. His works were being published in the high school newspaper on a regular basis. After finishing high school, Hughes furthered his education at Columbia University in New York City, an accomplishment unheard by an African-American at the time. It was here, in this new environment, that Hughes’ talent for verse really began to flourish.
During the mid-1920s, a movement known as the Harlem Renaissance was beginning to take shape. The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic and cultural awakening of ...

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