His mother and father was James Hughes and Carrie Langston, who was a teacher for a while. ... Langston tried to write his poems like Carl Sandburg. ... This helped him be able to mentor other poets such as Langston Hughes and Sara Teasdale.) whom he shared some of his poems with. ... Langston Hughes life and work was an important part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. ... My favorite poem by Langston Hughes is In The Time of Silver Rain because it shows even in the rain there can be happiness....

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Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. ... Langston was an only child and when he went to school he was the only black student. ... Langston Hughes died from complications from prostate cancer on May 22, 1967 in New York. He left an enormous body of work that included poems, short stories, novels, songs, plays, operettas, biographies, and histories. ... In his memory, his residence at 20 East127th Street in Harlem, New York City, has been given landmark status by the New York City Preservation Commission, and East 127th Street was renamed "Langston Hughes Place,"...

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Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902 during an incredible period for African Americans in Harlem, New York. ... Langston Hughes first lived in Harlem from around 1920-1923 while he attended Columbia University. ... This poem was Hughes' first instance of being a leader and helping to inspire blacks when they were not respected by whites for what they could do. ... 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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Langston Hughes is considered by many readers to be the most significant black poet of the twentieth century. ... For Hughes, this was the perfect opportunity to establish his poems. ... Evidence of Hughes' youth comes from the very focus of the poem: the interracial couples. ... This poem shows the growing bitterness in Hughes' life. ... The universal theme of racism and race relations defined all the important work of Langston Hughes....

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Langston Hughes Until the first part of the 20th century, the world of poetry was dominated by Caucasian artists. ... Langston Hughes was one of the most beneficial and influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes was the first African American author to support himself through his writing. ... James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. ... On his way to Mexico on the train, while thinking about his past and his future, Hughes wrote the famous poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." ...

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Some major figures that played a very important part in the Harlem Renaissance are Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and Jacob Lawrence. ... Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. ... Meanwhile he sent more poems to The Crisis. ... He met poet Vachel Lindsay, who liked his poems and promoted them. In 1926 Hughes published his first book of poems, The Weary Blues, about Harlem life. ...

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Vincent Millay became extremely popular with their poems of the rush of the 1920's. ... Countee Cullen and Claude McKay were popular for their poems against these events. Langston Hughes was also an extremely popular poet who condemned violence against African Americans and spoke proudly of being black in his poems. ...

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The Harlem Renaissance was a very important African-American cultural and social movement during the early twentieth century. The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time that African-American artists and authors were taken seriously by American society. During the Harlem Renaissance, African-Americ...

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