This not only demonstrates how Africans around the world were dissatisfied with their current standard of living, but also how they decided to rebel against those who oppressed them. Both King's speech and Douglas' mural describe how black society evolved to create the worldwide movement for equal rights. People had become dissatisfied with the way they were treated by society, and so they banded together to start a social revolution. In addition to speeches and art, poetry was also used to communicate the idea that black society has transformed into a movement fighting for equal rights. Langston Hughes was a prominent poet during the Harlem Renaissance and illustrated that idea in his poem “I, Too.” He wrote, “They send me to the kitchen / When company comes / But I laugh / And eat well / And grow strong” (Hughes 3-7). By mentioning how the narrator is separated, Hughes alludes to segregation. In this way, the narrator represents the black race as a whole. Hughes also mentions how the narrator becomes strong, which can be interpreted as a representation of how blacks began to become stronger as a race and fight for their rights. They were not fazed by the hatred they received, and instead gained power because of it. The transformation of black society into a powerful movement, as depicted in “I, Too,” was reflected in Martin Luther King's “I've Been to the Mountaintop” speech, presented nearly forty years later, at the height of the movement for civil rights. In speech, king