During the 19th and 20th centuries, an entire race had been selected to become two-thirds human and would not only be taken from their home, but forced into slavery in a country stranger. Betrayed by both their fellow men and the white man, African Americans were brought in chains, like criminals, to America to work and be treated like cattle, and live in a society where equality and rights fundamental human beings were restricted and out of reach. Despite all the obstacles they faced, including the stubborn chains of slavery, Langston Hughes and Phillis Wheatley became some of America's most renowned and profound writers, who contributed greatly to American literature, as voices of African Americans, through their works such as: “I Too SingHis overarching poem envisions a day when blacks and whites will eat “at the table” together, as equal Americans enjoying the same human and civil rights. His poem contains two major themes: patriotism and equality. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker states that he too can “sing America,” meaning that he has the right to feel openly patriotic toward the American country. Even if the speaker has a different, darker skin color, is not allowed to sit at the table, and has to eat in the kitchen, he or she should still be able to appreciate and celebrate the country in where he resides. If he wanted to be a patriot, he argues that there is no need to worry about race when there is commonality in the country and a patriotic attitude. There is a hopeful tone to this poem as the speaker shows that African Americans are a valuable part of the American country and envisions a future with a racially equal society. African Americans of the era, like Hughes, suffered from common practices of racial segregation and were forced to face constant discrimination in their daily lives. Equality is therefore the second theme he addresses in this book. Its owners were considered among the rarest. masters, treated her with humanity and gave her an education. Yet she lived in a time when the odds were against her. She was not the good enslaved race and the wrong oppressed sex, but she succeeded despite these disadvantages. His poem about slavery, although short, is quite powerful and thought-provoking. Wheatley went through a ton of change in order to become the inspiring outside voice that paved the way for generations of African American writers. She had to change her country, her beliefs, her religion, her name, and basically her entire identity and way of life. That's more change than most of us will ever experience. What is both powerful and inspiring about Wheatley's poem is that it shows how she found a whole new life through her conversion to Christianity and used her salvation to overcome, or at least preserve, her own ideas despite