THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Langston Hughes was a wonderful writer.
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One of the most famous poets of the Harlem Renaissance was Langston Hughes.
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Langston Hughes was a popular African-American writer and main figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Langston Hughes had many difficulties throughout his life, but prevailed to become a famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Langston Hughes was a defining figure of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance as an influential poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, political commentator and social activist.
Detailed explanation-2: -’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. Hughes was extraordinarily precocious, and wrote it when he was still a teenager.
Detailed explanation-3: -Langston Hughes, 1902 – 1967, was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the art form called “Jazz Poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.