Began writing creatively while still a boy 1. ... Short Stories and Novels a. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry and plays 1. ... Encouraged black Americans to support the United States in its goals abroad VI. ... Involved with Williams Grant Still, the first black composer in the U.S. 1. ...
She is well known for her exceptional novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God." ... The two novels embody many similar concerns and methods that characterize the black women's literary tradition. ... Hurston released her first novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, in 1934. ... By the mid-1940s, Hurston's writing career was faltering, and she was arrested and charged with molesting a ten-year-old boy and his two friends. ... "God does love black people, doesn't He?" ...
His parents, James Hughes and Carolina Mercer Langston, separated when he was a very young boy in 1903. ... At night they would read him stories from such works from popular black authors such as W.E.B. ... They would also tell him stories of black history, and encourage him to try to make positive changes someday. ... In his autobiographical novel, Hughes said as a young boy, "For the first time loneliness strikes me, strikes me terribly settling down in a dull ache round about, in the dusk." ... Even as a young boy he was ready to take chances in life. ...
