"Let America Be America Again"

The title and the beginning of the poem have a nostalgic tone towards what America used to be. But this is contrasted with the angry voice of the people who have never experienced America as it was dreamed to be. Let yourself see the images Langston Hughes used to evoke these emotions.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: A Cause Greater Than Self, The New Colossus, The Statue of Liberty Address, poems about America, America, America and I, What Is an American, Growing Up Asian in America, Let America Be America Again, The Four Freedoms, The Bill of Rights, What Is Freedom, Is the American Dream Still Possible, The Declaration of Independence, poems about immigrants, Money, A Raisin in the Sun, Who Burns, Roberto Acuna, Barack Obama, The Right to Fail