Langston Hughes
Published on Feb 19, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Birth: 2/1/1902
Death: 5/22/1967
Hughes passed away due to complications in removing his prostate.
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facts about hughes
- Langston's full name is James Mercer Langston Hughes which he shortened to Langston Hughes after becoming an author.
- Not only did Langston write poetry he wrote over 60 books and, many plays.
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The Negro River Speaks
by Langston Hughes.https://youtu.be/5mFp40WJbsA
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langston also did small infamous art works in his poetry books.
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his most famous work is 'Mississippi -1955' about the death of Emmett till.
“Mississippi—1955 (1955)
(To the Memory of Emmett Till)
Oh what sorrow!
oh, what pity!
Oh, what pain
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That tears and blood
Should mix like rain
And terror come again
To Mississippi.
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Come again?
Where has terror been?
On vacation? Up North?
In some other section
Of the nation,
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Lying low, unpublicized?
Masked—with only
Jaundiced eyes
Showing through the mask?
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Oh, what sorrow,
Pity, pain,
That tears and blood
Should mix like rain
In Mississippi!
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