Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with "what happens to a dream deferred" ?
Correct answer: D. Langston Hughes
- A. Alice Walker
- B. Etheridge Knight
- C. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- D. Langston Hughes
Explanation
Langston Hughes wrote “Harlem,” whose opening asks, “What happens to a dream deferred?” The deferred dream becomes an image of frustrated African American hopes and racial injustice.
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