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“Harlem”: True Triumph and Success Langston Hughes’ is one of my favorite writers who express humanity and triumph in his work. Hughes’ writing is published throughout several English books of education. His pieces of literature hold truth as well as important lessons. Much of his work deals with black Americans and their fight for the dream of equality. For example “Harlem”, a poem by Langston Hughes’ expresses the deep feelings of black oppression and injustice. When Hughes’ writes “Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet?”(42). there is not much understanding as to what is the point. One can better understand this poem by reading other works of Langston Hughes’ and of other writers’ of black literature. This poem illustrates the hope that black Americans are losing and how they are not advancing to reach the American dream. Hughes’ as a black American knows the situations and injustices that his people must go through, just to be part of normal American society. Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” written in 1951 is an interesting poem that attracted me because of its hidden meaning. It is a confusing, but detailed poem that outlines the true meaning of losing faith. The true def