Langston Hughes
“James Mercer Langston Hughes”
Born: February 1, 1902 (Joplin, Mo)
Died: May 22, 1967 (New York, N.Y.)
Biography
Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
