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James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 [1] – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.One of the earliest innovators of the literary form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes' childhood was tumultuous. He mainly grew up with his mother due to his father abandoning them in order to seek fortune in Mexico. Because of the color of her skin, Hughes' mother struggled at getting a well paying job which resulted in the family growing up in poverty. Through his mother's eyes, Hughes learned about the ...
Carrie Langston Hughes learned she was pregnant again and returned to Joplin. However, James Hughes, seeking to escape racial segregation in the United States, moved to Mexico, where he spent most of the rest of his life, becoming fairly prosperous. Carrie gave birth on February 1, 1902, to James Mercer Langston Hughes in Joplin, Missouri. [1]
Langston Hughes was born in 1902, in Missouri. He attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he first began writing. [1] He graduated from Central High School in 1917. [2] Several years after graduating high school, Hughes decided to travel to Mexico City and live with his father, whom he did not know well. He left in 1920.
Carrie Langston married James Hughes, but they quickly separated, though not before having a son, Langston. Carrie and Langston returned to Kansas to live with Mary, as Hughes moved to Mexico to work as confidential secretary for the general manager of the Pullman Company.
Kristen Welker is gearing up to meet her new baby boy.. The Meet the Press moderator, 47, announced on the Tuesday, May 14, episode of Today that she and her husband, John Hughes, are expecting ...
James Middleton is shedding light on his family vacations, past and present.. In a Dec. 29 interview with The Sunday Times, the younger brother of Kate Middleton opened up about vacations when he ...
James J. Hughes Jr., a former Ohio National Guard general and Columbus public safety director and city attorney, died at a retirement home in Dublin.