Harlem RenaissanceName:UniversityDate of Submission:Democracy: By Langston HughesDemocracy will not comeToday, this yearNor everThrough compromise and fear.I have as much right As the other fellow hasTo standOn my two feet And own the land.I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course.Tomorrow is another day.I do not need my freedom when I`m dead.I cannot live on tomorrow`s bread.FreedomIs a strong seedPlantedIn a great need.I live here, too.I want freedomJust as you.Southern Mansion: By Arna BontempsPoplars are standing there still as deathand ghosts of dead menmeet their ladies walkingtwo by two beneath the shadeand standing on the marble steps. There is a sound of music echoingthrough the open doorand in the field there isanother sound tinkling in the cotton:chains of bondsmen dragging on the ground The years go back with an iron clank,a hand is on the gate,a dry leaf trembles on the wall.Ghosts are walking.They have broken roses downand poplars stand there still as death.Describes each author`s role and importance within the Harlem RenaissanceArna Bontemps and Langston Hughes are perhaps the most visible figure in the renaissance period. Both born in 1902, Langston and Arna made their mark in history and are still being felt to present. Langston is credited with a lot of arts including novel, plays and poems. He dropped out of University of Columbia and moved to Harlem and started working on fields and other odd jobs to raise income. It was ironical that a person who at least had gone to college was unable to find a decent job. This can however be said to be due to the racism at the time.Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of the “double consciousness" being express by ...