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Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was known to many as a great poet of his time. He wrote many poems about many things. All though his childhood wasn’t the best, he got through it and accomplished a lot. Hughes wrote poems, novels, short stories, plays, and many other arts of writing. He wrote poems based on his life and things that were going on around him. Langston Hughes is still to this day known as one of the greatest writers of all time.
James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, MO. His parents divorced and his father moved to Mexico. He was raised by his grandmother, Mary Langston, in Lawrence, Kansas until he was 13. He then moved to Lincoln, IL to live with his mother and her husband. After graduation he spent one year in Mexico and one year at Columbia University. Throughout his years, he ...

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