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Where is Langston Hughes from?

Published on Mar 24, 2021

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Where is Langston Hughes from?

  • Langston Hughes is from Joplin, MO

How is he remembered today?

  • Langston Hughes was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, which was the African American artistic movement in the 1920s that celebrated black life and culture.

What was the focus of Hughes famous work?

  • Langston Hughes made a major poet. He wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays. Hughes sought to portray the joys and hardships of working class black lives.

When did Hughes move to Harlem?

  • Hughes moved to harlem in 1921 after attending Columbia University in New York City in 1921-1922, he explored Harlem. He then formed a permanent attachment to what he called ¨ The great dark city¨ and worked as a steward on a freighter bound in Africa.

Where did Langston Hughes live his adult life

  • After Hughes earned a B.A. degree from Lincoln University in 1929, he returned to New York.