Slave on the Block

Langston Hughes

24 pages 48-minute read

Langston Hughes

Slave on the Block

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1933

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The glittering world of 1920s Greenwich Village conceals troubling truths about race, art, and power in Langston Hughes's incisive short story. Discover how well you understand the complex dynamics between the Carraways and their Black employees during the height of the Harlem Renaissance.

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