Langston Hughes was an African-American poet. In his poetry he tried to captivate the hearts of his people and to capture their experiences and their emotions. Also, in his poetry he was proud of the fact he's black and wrote about his African heritage. In addition, he was a leading figure of the "Harlem
Renaissance", which believed that African-American art, music and literature could bring to equality and integration.
The poem "As I Grew Older" is about racism. The poet is black and he has a dream to "smash" and "shatter" racism and get equal rights. It's written that Langston is proud of the fact he's black and expresses this -pride in his poetry. In the poem "As I Grew Older" he says "I'm black" and not ashamed to say it. In his poem he says that he wants to "smash" the wall (racism) and he needs help. "Help me to shatter this darkness", he is helped by his people in the "Harlem Renaissance" and they together try to "shatter the darkness", it means to shatter the stereotypes and the racism by their writing, poetry and art.
In my opinion the speaker in the poem is really the poet because the fact that we have, Langston is black and he said in his poet "I'm black". Also, he works hard to prevent racism and smash the wall to find his dream, his dream to shatter the stereotypes. The occurrence in the poem reflects events in the life of the poet because the poet tried to integrate in the society and to break the racist laws and get equality as white people
In conclusion, Langston tried to break racism together with his people and to get equality as (reflected in) the poem, when he tried to break the night and break the wall. 
Renaissance", which believed that African-American art, music and literature could bring to equality and integration.
The poem "As I Grew Older" is about racism. The poet is black and he has a dream to "smash" and "shatter" racism and get equal rights. It's written that Langston is proud of the fact he's black and expresses this -pride in his poetry. In the poem "As I Grew Older" he says "I'm black" and not ashamed to say it. In his poem he says that he wants to "smash" the wall (racism) and he needs help. "Help me to shatter this darkness", he is helped by his people in the "Harlem Renaissance" and they together try to "shatter the darkness", it means to shatter the stereotypes and the racism by their writing, poetry and art.
In my opinion the speaker in the poem is really the poet because the fact that we have, Langston is black and he said in his poet "I'm black". Also, he works hard to prevent racism and smash the wall to find his dream, his dream to shatter the stereotypes. The occurrence in the poem reflects events in the life of the poet because the poet tried to integrate in the society and to break the racist laws and get equality as white people
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