Langston Hughes
Novelist, Author
1902 – 1967
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Who was Langston Hughes?
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue".
Famous Quotes:
- There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this 'homeland of the free.'
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1902
Joplin - Also known as
- Lengstons Hjūzs
- James Mercer Langston Hughes
- Hughes, Langston
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
(1921 - 1922) - Bachelor of Arts, Lincoln University
(1926 - 1929)
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Joplin
- Missouri
- New York City
- Died
- May 22, 1967
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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