USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on 1st February 1882 in Joplin, Missouri, the United Kingdom, with the hues of a gifted poet, a writer, a dramatist and indubitably a proponent of rights of black people in America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Langston Hughes (1901–1967) was a poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, columnist, and a significant figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Hughes was the descendant of enslaved African American women and white slave owners in Kentucky.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children’s books, he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor, and spirituality.

Detailed explanation-4: -’The Negro Speaks of Rivers’. One of Hughes’ most popular and best-known poems, this very short poem is something of a brief history of black culture from ancient times to the present.