Matthew Delmont - Beaumont to Detroit by Langston Hughes

The video discusses Langston Hughes's fascination with the rise of fascism in Europe and his role as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War, focusing on black American volunteers. It highlights Hughes's critique of U.S. hypocrisy during World War II, emphasizing the double victory campaign against fascism abroad and racism at home. The video concludes with a reading of Hughes's poem 'Beaumont to Detroit 1943,' which critiques racial injustice in America.

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