Langston hughes, one of the best-known poets of the harlem renaissance, often described the difficult lives of african americans in his poetry. one recurrent theme in his poetry was

thurgood marshall

explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.