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NYT Daily • August 31, 2025
Langston Hughes poem
Answer:
I, TOO
Hint:
Not available
Explanation:
This clue refers to "I, Too" by Langston Hughes, one of his most famous poems about racial identity and belonging in America. The title plays on Walt Whitman’s "I Hear America Singing" but shifts the perspective to a Black speaker asserting their place in the nation. Hughes wrote it during the Harlem Renaissance, making it a key work in Black literary history. The answer is simply the poem’s title, so no wordplay—just a direct reference.