Langston Hughes
By: Brisa Landaverry
Biography & Impacts
Langston Hughes was a African American growing up in the 1920's. He wanted to be a writer from a young age and eventually he met his goal. Of course, there were many struggles to make this happen. His dad didn't encourage him and he grew up during The Harlem Renaissance, meaning racism was a struggle, as well. He held multiple jobs to help provide for himself as a young man. With time, he was noticed by a famous critic, named Carl Van Vechten. This was his big break of publicity. His big impact was that he was one of the best African American poets/authors during The Harlem Renaissance. He was an inspiration to many people and encouraged them through these rough and wild times.
Say "Cheese"
Here is a picture of Langston as a teenager during the 1920's.
No Place Like Home...
This is when Langston wrote a poem about him growing up during The Harlem Renaissance
helping the community 'grow'
Here is Langston with some children at the Children's Garden, located in Harlem, 1955.
Langston Hughes - "The Weary Blues" on CBUT, 1958
1. Would Langston Hughes ever read his poems aloud or just write them privately and let others read them themselves?
Works Cited
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&u=lees33148&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=GALE%7C00000000MPQT&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1607000131
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_subj.html