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). ... While in school he wrote poetry and short stories for the high school literary magazine. ... Du Bois (Sociologist, Civil Rights activist, writer, and editor), Duke Ellington (Big Band Musician, composer, pianist), Bessie Smith (American blues singer and songwriter), Zora Neale Hurston (American short story writer, autobiographer, novelist, and folklorist), and of course Langston Hughes, along w...

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