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Langston Hughes
(1902 - 1967)

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Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston (brother of John Mercer Langston, the first Black American to be elected to public office). He attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he began writing poetry in the eighth grade. Hi .. .. more >>

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2		April Rain Song
3		As I Grew Older
4		Bad Morning
5		Children's Rhymes
6		Cross
7		Cultural Exchange
8		Daybreak in Alabama
9		Democracy
10		Dinner Guest: Me
11		Dream Deferred
12		Dream Variations
13		Dreams
14		Ennui
15		Freedom's Plow
16		I, Too
17		Jazzonia
18		Juke Box Love Song
19		Justice
20		Let America be America Again

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"I was so sick last night I
Didn't hardly know my mind.
So sick last night I
Didn't know my mind.
I drunk some bad licker that
Almost made me blind."
Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. poet. Morning After (l. 1-6). . . Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. (1959) Vintage Books.

"Way Down South in Dixie
(Break the heart of me)
They hung my black young lover
To a cross roads tree."
Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. poet. Song for a Dark Girl (l. 1-4). . . Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. (1959) Vintage Books.

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p.a. noushad (7/14/2008 3:33:00 AM)
the touch of reality which is in your poems.

Boutheina Amri (4/14/2008 3:22:00 PM)
Simple things are always the most pleasant.I read this poem many times and I think it is written beautifully because we seldom come across a poem that marries simplicity in form with depth in meaning. It is the kind of poems that speak to the minds and tingle the hearts with a mild tone of sorrow.

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Langston Hughes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Hughes is known for his ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes

Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Langston Hughes
Short biography, photograph, and selected poems from the Academy of American Poets.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83

Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes biography and poetry. A history of Jazz before 1930. This site contains over 1000 songs from this era in Real Audio 3 format, ...
http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html

Langston Hughes
Short illustrated profile, along with a timeline that shows major events which shaped the writer's life.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/hughes

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