Langston Hughes' short story, Thank You, Ma'am, published in 1958, captures both situations. Langston Hughes was an important and prolific writer during the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century. He wrote about African-American life and experience.
The theme of Thank You, Ma'am is that lessons in what is right and what is wrong are better delivered in an environment of kindness.
Thank You Ma'am is about what happens when a teenage boy and an older working woman collide on a Harlem street.
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