At that time, this man was only the second black person to make a living as a writer (Harper 5). ... Carrie Hughes, a prominent activist in the Abolitionist Movement, had big dreams of becoming an actress, but her dreams were as well crushed by racism. ... He then attended Lincoln University, an all black male school, in Pennsylvania (Meltzer 115). ... Hughes believed that the only difference between life for the Jews and life for the Blacks of the United States was that the Blacks had freedom of speech. ... Langston Hughes was a great man in Black rights history. ...

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