Who do you think is the speaker of this poem?

Question

Good Morning

Good morning, daddy!
I was born here, he said,
watched Harlem grow
until colored folks spread
from river to river
across the middle of Manhattan
out of Penn Station
dark tenth of a nation,
planes from Puerto Rico,
and holds of boats, chico,
up from Cuba Haiti Jamaica,
in buses marked New York
from Georgia Florida Louisiana
to Harlem Brooklyn the Bronx
but most of all to Harlem
dusky sash across Manhattan
I’ve seen them come dark
wondering
wide-eyed
dreaming
out of Penn Station—
but the trains are late.
The gates open—
Yet there’re bars at each gate.

What happens
to a dream deferred?

Daddy, ain’t you heard?

-Langston Hughes

Answer 1

The speaker is the persona of the poem who says Good morning Daddy/I was born here.
The speaker is a symbolic representation of African American voice. The poem is quite like another Langston Hughes' classic, "I too, sing America" The speaker here is reminding all that before Puerto Ricans Haitians, Jamaicans etc immigrated into the US, he/she was already there and have seen all these other immigrants flocking in. The dream differed refers to the American Dream which has not been realized by indigenous blacks even as other minorities continue pursuing that very dream in America. Ideally, the speaker is fundamentally addressing the "Founding Fathers" or those who espouse their ideals of the Dream.

Answer 2

I just want to give props to the asker and the dude who posted before me. I think the speaker is the dream of the Black American as well.
What does happen to a dream deferred?

Answer 3

This is a great question!!
It asks who the "Speaker" is not who the "Poet" is.

It appears that the speaker is the Dream or Hope of the Black American.