Langston hughes

Langston Hughes, American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and who vividly depicted the African American experience through his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns. Learn more about Hughes’s life and work.

Zora Neale Hurston, 1940. ©Van Vechten Trust | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Thanks to Carl Van Vechten, we have glorious colour photographs of all the leading Black intellectuals and artists of the 1930s to the 1960s. A wealthy white patron of Black art, Van Vechten

After spending a year in Mexico with his father, Hughes wrote the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” which ended up being published in a well known magazine. He went to Columbia University, but ended up dropping out after a year and started working jobs around New York. In 1924 Hughes travelled to Paris and lived there while he worked on his poetry.

Langston Hughes was born 02-01-1902 in joplin missouri he published his first poem in 1921 he attended columbia univirsty but left after 1 year to travel

This rare photo from 1933 shows a very dapper Langston Hughes posing glamorously. Consuelo Kanaga captured the Harlem Renaissance artist i...

I just picked up a vintage copy of “The First Book of Jazz” by Langston Hughes (1955). The illustrations by Cliff Roberts are incredible. The style reminds me of one of my favorite jazz…

Langston Hughes, 1938.

"A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes. Use this digital poetry assignment in middle school ELA. Link to free resource: https://edcite.com/1qox77