Langston Hughes, a man of many things Langston Hughes is a standout amongst the most surely understood African American artist and short story authors in our nation today. ... Through his poems and short story composing, Langston Hughes had the capacity to fuse interesting thoughts, as well as social issues essential to him, individual family matters, African American way of life, and even types of music. ... As alluded to earlier Langston Hughes was a voice for his people (African Americans). ... As I stated before for most African Americans Langston's work was a form of empowerment and...

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My inspiring poet's name is Langston Hughes. ... Hughes wrote many poems for a number of American magazines. ... In 1960 Langston Hughes was given the name "Dean of Negro Writers." ... May 22, 1967 Langston Hughes died in Harlem New York. ... "Marie Napperierkowski stated that Langston Hughes was angry that the black man has to strive for what he wants in life. ...

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The first poem that I read by Langston Hughes was "I, Too." ... The second poem by Hughes that caught my attention was "Mother to Son." ... Thirdly, is the poem "Negro" also by Langston Hughes. ... After reading each of the poems Langston Hughes uses the importance of history to relate the black experience. Hughes also relays feelings of hope in the first two poems mentioned. ...

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Langston Hughes was born into an America still struggling to accept black people as equals. ... In the poem "I, Too,"" Hughes opens with "I, too, sing America."" ... Darryl Pinckney supports this idea in his writing of "Black Identity in Langston Hughes."" ... The use of the word "America- in both Pinckney and Hughes poem "I, Too- suggests that Hughes believes that it does not matter what our differences are; everyone living in America is an American. ... As Pinckney in "Black Identity in Langston Hughes- writes, "The use of black' and the invocation of Africa were defiant gestures b...

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., Malcolm X, and Langston Hughes are some of the people that spoke and fought for the "All men are created equal" vision. ... Langston Hughes was not political, but sought to get his views across through poetry. ... I wish you wouldn't read you poems to whit folks. ...

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(from Langston Hughes, The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain.") ... In a letter that Aaron Douglas wrote to Langston Huges he described the feeling that he felt towards the Renaissance he wrote, "Let's bare our arms and plunge them deep through laughter, through pain, through sorrow, through hope, through disappointment, into the very depths of the souls of our people and drag forth material crude, rough, neglected. ... Langston Hughes once said "The ordinary Negro hasn't heard of the Negro Renaissance. ... Writers were able to deliver a more subtle, and more effective, message by...

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A new generation of young writers and artists, including Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes took ownership of the literary Renaissance (Collier, 1985). Langston Hughes was one of the poets who published many works of literature during this time. ...

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The American song can be different because it can explore so many different aspects of the world, the soul, what it means 'to be' – look at Walt Whitman's various poems, all songs of himself yet bursting to the world and to his god. ... He believed black men including himself should stick to farm work because "No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem" (450). ... Langston Hughes's poetry could almost be the love song version of Du Bois's collection of essays. ... Hughes while having the exp...

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• Grade Level: High School