Langston Hughes
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. He famously wrote about the period that "the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue."Growing up in a series of Midwestern towns, Hughes became a prolific writer at an early age. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career. He graduated from high school in Cleveland, Ohio, and soon began studies at Columbia University in New York City. Although he dropped out, he gained notice from New York publishers, first in ''The Crisis'' magazine and then from book publishers, and became known in the creative community in Harlem. His first poetry collection, ''The Weary Blues'', was published in 1926. Hughes eventually graduated from Lincoln University.
In addition to poetry, Hughes wrote plays and published short story collections, novels, and several nonfiction works. From 1942 to 1962, as the civil rights movement gained traction, Hughes wrote an in-depth weekly opinion column in a leading black newspaper, ''The Chicago Defender''. Provided by Wikipedia
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The collected works of Langston Hughes. edited by R. Baxter Miller ; introduction by Arnold Rampersad. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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The dream keeper and other poems / Langston Hughes ; with illustrations by Helen Sewell. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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The Negro mother, and other dramatic recitations / by Langston Hughes ; with decorations by Prentiss Taylor. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Poems from Black Africa: Ethiopia, South Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya, Gabon, Senegal, Nyasaland, Mozambique, South Africa, Congo, Ghana, Liberia. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Harlem in vogue : the poetry & jazz of Langston Hughes. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Way Down South / Sol Lesser Productions. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Freedom's plow. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Black magic : a pictorial history of the African-American in the performing arts / Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer ; new foreword by Ossie Davis. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Laughing to keep from crying / Langston Hughes. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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The ways of white folks / Langston Hughes. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Langston Hughes' Jericho-Jim Crow. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Simple speaks his mind / Langston Hughes. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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The ways of white folks / Langston Hughes. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Mule bone : a comedy of Negro life / Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston ; edited with introductions by George Houston Bass and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and the complete story of the Mule bone controversy. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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The return of Simple / by Langston Hughes ; edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper ; introduction by Arnold Rampersad. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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The collected poems of Langston Hughes / Arnold Rampersad, editor, David Roessel, associate editor. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Short stories / Langston Hughes ; edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper ; with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Langston Hughes and the Chicago defender : essays on race, politics, and culture, 1942-62 / edited by Christopher C. De Santis. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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Selected poems of Langston Hughes / drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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New Negro poets U.S.A. / edited by Langston Hughes ; foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks. by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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