Tag: Langston Hughes
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Black History Month: Langston Hughes
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Read More: Black History Month: Langston HughesBorn in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes is known primarily for his jazz poetry during the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes worked to depict the actual lives of African Americans during the 1920s in the United States. “In Hughes’s own words, his poetry is about ‘workers, roustabouts, and singers, and job…
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Black American History Month: Langston Hughes
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Read More: Black American History Month: Langston HughesJames Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist born on February 1, 1902, (Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes!). He was one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry, and is considered a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. Along with poetry, he wrote…