Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His father was James Nathaniel and his mother was Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes. His grandfather was Charles Langston, an Ohio abolitionist. As a young boy he lived in Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Ohio, Lawrence, Kansas, Mexico City, Topeka, Kansas, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Kansas City, Kansas. In 1914 his parents divorced and he, his mother, and his stepfather moved to Lincoln, Illinois. In high school back in Cleveland, he was elected class poet, and editor of the senior class yearbook. He taught English to some families in Mexico in 1921 and also published his first prose piece, "Mexican Games"(Davis). In an excerpt from an article about Langston Hughes in Encarta 97, it says that he was discovered in 1925, while he was working as a busboy in a restaurant in Washington, D.C., when he accidentally left three of his poems next to the plate of Vachel Lindsay, an American poet. She helped him get publicity for his works and she got him seriously started in writing(Encarta). In an article about Langston Hughes in The Reference Library of Black America it talks about all the places in the world that Hughes has traveled. He probably used much of
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Frederick Douglass, Dropped America, American Dream, Harlem Renaissance, Crow Experience, Langston Hughes, African- Americans, Walter Scott, Europe Hughes, Blues Ballad, langston hughes, harlem renaissance, frederick douglass, hughes father, african- americans, langston hughes father, american dream, renaissance contributions, father negritude, harlem renaissance black, father harlem, harlem renaissance contributions, white friend, father harlem renaissance, hughes father harlem,
Approximate Word count = 2131
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
