What distinct contribution to American literature did authors such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston make?

Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston helped bring African American experiences, voices, and culture into American literature. Their work explored what it meant to be African American, including community life, identity, and racial inequality. Although some of their writing focused on Harlem or the South, their broader contribution was representing African American experience.

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