Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes, pillars of society

Neither Langston Hughes nor Maya Angelou were just poets in the world of the twentieth century but instead heroes and leaders who showed the world that race wasn't what made you but whom you are instead. Though both grew up during times and events in the world, both have similar ideas while also different.
Though both poets were put down by society, neither let what people said get to them. Both instead wrote poems about how what people say doesn't matter. Maya told those people that despite what you say, I will still rise.
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies…