Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901-1967) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 66
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Hughes in 1902
Hughes c. 1925
Hughes at Lincoln University, 1928![Langston Hughes at Tuskegee Institute with Jessie Fauset (left) and Zora Neale Hurston, 1927.[57][58]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Langston_Hughes_at_Tuskegee_Institute_with_Jessie_Fauset_%28left%29_and_Zora_Neale_Hurston.jpg/500px-Langston_Hughes_at_Tuskegee_Institute_with_Jessie_Fauset_%28left%29_and_Zora_Neale_Hurston.jpg)
Langston Hughes at Tuskegee Institute with Jessie Fauset (left) and Zora Neale Hurston, 1927.[57][58]
The Ways of White Folks, Hughes's first short story collection
Langston Hughes, 1943. Photo by Gordon Parks
Hughes (right) with two Lincoln Brigade soldiers in Fuentes, October 1937Awards
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1967 · aged 66
