Birth:
Birth James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1,1902 he was an American poet, novelist, short story writer, and a columnist.
Career in the 1920’s:
Career in the 1920’s The Weary Blues of 1926 was his first book of poetry.
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The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes, 1934 Published in 2002:A little girl is excited to visit Langston Hughes house Some books of Langston Laugh
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Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz (1961) Collected
Poems of Langston Hughes (1994) Dear Lovely Death (1931) Fields of Wonder (1947) Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927) Freedom's Plow (1943) Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951) One-Way Ticket (1949) Scottsboro Limited (1932) Selected Poems (1959) Shakespeare in Harlem (1942) The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932) The Panther and the Lash: Poems of Our Times (1967) The Weary Blues (1926) POETRY
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It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun-- My dream. And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly, Between me and my dream. Rose until it touched the sky-- The wall. Shadow. I am black. I lie down in the shadow. No longer the light of my dream before me, Above me. Only the thick wall. Only the shadow. My hands! My dark hands! Break through the wall! Find my dream! Help me to shatter this darkness, To smash this night, To break this shadow Into a thousand lights of sun, Into a thousand whirling dreams Of sun! A poem by Langston Laugh
1930’s:
1930’s His first novel, Not Without Laughter, won the Harmon Gold Medal for literature.
Accomplishment :
Accomplishment In 1943, Lincoln University awarded Langston Hughes an honorary Litt. D. In 1960, NAACP awarded Hughes the Spingarn Medal for distinguished accomplishments by an African American. In 1961 Hughes was inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Conclusion:
Conclusion Langston Hughes past away on May, 22 1967 due to complications from an abdominal surgery because of prostate cancer. He was 65 years old when he past.