Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902 during an incredible period for African Americans in Harlem, New York. This phase in New York was called the Harlem Renaissance, which was a unique time were art inspired by African Americans flourished rapidly. ... This poem also expressed about a time of unfairness and discrimination in America against colored people. ... Aside from his essays and poems Langston was also a leader as a playwright and columnist. In the beginning of his playwright career Hughes wrote Mulatto, an amazing poem about a son and a father. ...

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The author I chose to present to you is James Mercer Langston Hughes; better know as Langston Hughes (American poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, autobiographer, and nonfiction writer). ... The Harlem Renaissance was an era of extraordinary excellence in African-American art and literature. This time period is also a time of blossoming creativity of among young African-American artists, musicians and writers. ... Du Bois (Sociologist, Civil Rights activist, writer, and editor), Duke Ellington (Big Band Musician, composer, pianist), Bessie Smith (American blues singer and songwrite...

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Because she did so, he grew up to be a very inspiring poet for African-Americans and many other races around the world. ... (Gale.com 2) Hughes attended the nation's first African- American college, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. ... While at Columbia, he often missed classes in order to attend shows, lectures and readings sponsored by the American Socialist Society. ... He was also a novelist, columnist, playwright and an essayist. ... He was second to become an African- American writer earning a living in his time. ...

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Langston Hughes Poet, novelist, journalist, playwright, essayist, and songwriter: all of these words describe a man who is said to be one of the twentieth century's most respected and often controversial writers. ... Shaped by his parents, childhood, and life experiences, Langston Hughes became one of the most influential Black Americans of his time. ... He once said, "Jazz to me is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America" (Berry 21). ... In 1932, he went with a group of twenty-two blacks to Russia to help make a film about race relations in the America...

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