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James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 [1] – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
The case attracted a large amount of media attention and they were acquitted by an all-white jury on September 24, 1955. Till's killing was one of the sparks of the Civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. [3] Langston Hughes was "the best-known and most honored African American poet of his generation," a prolific author. [4]
The anthology reflects the voice of middle-class African-American citizens that wanted to have equal civil rights like their white, middle-class counterparts. However, some writers, such as Langston Hughes, sought to give voice to the lower, working class. [3]
In “The Ballad of Sam Solomon,” Hughes documents how Overtown resident Samuel B. Solomon and his neighbors defied Miami’s Ku Klux Klan by voting in the city’s 1939 primary. The poem opens ...
Langston Hughes didn't spend much of his childhood in Missouri, but the poet's presence lingers. Hughes, one of our truest American compasses, entered the world on the first day of February 1901 ...
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.
"Mother to Son" is a 1922 poem by American writer and activist Langston Hughes. The poem follows a mother speaking to her son about her life, which she says "ain't been no crystal stair".
Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) ... Langston Hughes, civil rights activist, poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist;