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Merrell, Billy
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Who Was Langston Hughes? Library Binding
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Merrell, Billy
Penguin Workshop 02/06/2024
Subjects
Hughes, Langston
Poets, American
Twentieth century
African American poets
African Americans in literature
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9780593658550
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"Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry books during his lifetime. He was an activist and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance period"--
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