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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 form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes was born in 1902, in Missouri. He attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he first began writing. [1] He graduated from Central High School in 1917. [2] Several years after graduating high school, Hughes decided to travel to Mexico City and live with his father, whom he did not know well. He left in 1920.
In 1915, Mary Leary Langston died, leaving Langston to be raised briefly by his mother and stepfather, and then by Mary's friends, the Reeds. [20] After her death, Hughes recalled [1] Through my grandmother's stories always life moved, moved heroically toward an end. Nobody ever cried in my grandmother's stories. They worked, or schemed, or fought.
Langston Hughes was an American poet. Hughes was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote poetry that focused on the Black experience in America. [3] The poem was published in Hughes's book Montage of a Dream Deferred in 1951. [4] The book includes over ninety poems [5] that are divided into five sections.
"The Weary Blues" is a poem by American poet Langston Hughes. Written in 1925, [1] "The Weary Blues" was first published in the Urban League magazine Opportunity. It was awarded the magazine's prize for best poem of the year. The poem was included in Hughes's first book, a collection of poems, also entitled The Weary Blues. [2]
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Kyle Hughes, brother of "Murder on Music Row" victim Kevin Hughes, looks through old letters and photos during an interview at his home, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in Palm City, Fla. Kevin, 23, the ...
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