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"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". She first describes the struggles she has faced and then urges him to continue moving forward.
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 form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Carrie Langston with son Langston Hughes in 1902. Carolina Mercer Langston (January 18, 1873 – June 3, 1938) was an American writer and actress. She was the mother of poet, playwright and social activist Langston Hughes.
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 ...
No Crystal Stair is a 1997 novel by Canadian author Mairuth Sarsfield. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a coming-of-age story set in the Little Burgundy district of Montreal during the 1940s. The title is a reference to the line "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" in Langston Hughes 's poem " Mother to Son ".
I learned that Langston Hughes wrote a poem about Black voters in Miami while researching a story six years ago. In “The Ballad of Sam Solomon,” Hughes documents how Overtown resident Samuel B ...
She would also read Langston Hughes poems to receptive audiences along her journeys. 8. Funded by the Guggenheim Foundation, Hurston traveled to the West Indies to study obeah practices.
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