An excerpt from Hughes's Poem "Cultural Exchange"

                                                        "Dreams and nightmares!
                                                          Nightmares, dreams, oh!
                                                         Dreaming that the Negroes
                                                        Of the South have taken over--
                                                        Voted all the Dixiecrats
                                                        Right out of power--

                                                     Comes the COLORED HOUR:
                                                     Martin Luther King is Governor of Georgia,
                                                     Dr. Rufus Clement his Chief Adviser,
                                                     A. Philip Randolph the High Grand Worthy.
                                                    In white pillared mansions
                                                    Sitting on their wide verandas,
                                                   Wealthy Negroes have white servants,
                                               White sharecroppers work the black plantations,
                                            And colored children have white mammies:" (36-50)

 Hughes is just once again demonstrating the pride he has for his people.  Throughout many of his poems (like this one), he constantly addressed racism and stressed social equality.  He also honored the legacy of black heritage.  In this poem,  Martin Luther King and Dr. Clement are perfect examples of this.