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29. Mai 2024 · Carrie Langston Hughes, Langston’s mother, was the daughter of Charles Henry Langston, who was a ringleader of the underground railroad and one of the most prominent activists in the pre-Civil War struggle for freedom. Carrie herself was a school teacher, who went on to marry Andrew Washington Potran in 1908.
18. Mai 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
26. Mai 2024 · Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri, to parents James Nathaniel Hughes and Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes. His parents divorced when he was a young child and Langston used his mother’s surname for his legal first name.
13. Mai 2024 · His mother, Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes, ran a boardinghouse in their hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. Langston was very close to his siblings, namely his elder brother, Charles Edward, and his younger sister, Gaia.
8. Mai 2024 · Langston Hughes: Harlem Renaissance Poet, Novelist, Playwright | Biography (2018)
- Karen Vaught
- 2020
Vor 3 Tagen · Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) A poet and writer, Langston Hughes was one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Main Accomplishments: Penned his famous poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” as a teenager. Published his autobiography, The Big Sea (1940)
14. Mai 2024 · James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
