Too prepared for my own good

I have already researched Zora Neale Hurston and so I'll tell you about another great writer of the Harlem Renaissance instead.
 Langston Hughes

• He was born in 1902 in Missouri. 
• He was known for using the rhythm of common African American speech and other parts of their culture into his poetry.
• He was the first writer to realistically portray urban black life.
• He got famous when he was busing on Vachel Lindsay in a restaurant and left three of his poems next to Lindsay's plate.
• Hughes published his first work, Weary Blues, in 1926.
• As a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance he was often referred to as Poet Laureate of Harlem.
• Mulatto, his famous drama, was performed on Broadway a total of 373 times. 
• He used his poetry to protest social and political causes.
• Langston wrote a newspaper column that expressed the thoughts of many black Americans. This aired in the Chicago Defender and the New York Post in the 1940s.
• He died May 22, 1967 with over 50 published works.

   

Sources:

"Langston Hughes." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

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