Read the lines from Langston Hughes’s poem "I, Too, Sing America." I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

With these lines, what did Hughes most likely hope his poem would do?
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A - illustrate African American equality
B - illustrate African American patriotism
C - maintain African Americans' position and status in the United States
D - change African Americans' views of themselves and their country
E - encourage African Americans to maintain close ties to one another

A, B and E

Explanation:

im not 100% certain on these but im pretty sure those are correct

if this isnt a true or false than they have equal amount of importants

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."