The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” In (1926) was a short essay written by poet Langston Hughes for The Nation magazine. It became the manifesto of the Harlem Renaissance. In it Hughes said that black artists in America should stop copying whites, that they will never create anything great that way. Instead they should be proud of who they are, proud to be black, and draw from black culture. Not “white is right” but, as we would now say, “Black is beautiful”.
The answer is Conditions for Black Americans are excruciating.
In the article, the key ideas are :
- Black Americans conditions continue to get worse
- Only people of other races (excluding White Americans) would allow her a place to stay
- She had to walk miles just to find a place to rest
I say "a circus elephant" because the information in the text clearly describe "a circus elephant."
