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Langston Hughes Date of Birth - February 1, 1902 Place of Birth - Joplin, Missouri Father - James Hughes Mother - Carrie Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes 1903-1907    His parents separated and Langston Hughes moves back and forth between friends and relatives' homes. 1915-1920   Lives with his mother in Lincoln, Illinois, and in Cleveland, Ohio where he attended high school where he graduated on June 16, 1920. 1924  Enrolls at Columbia Univeristy to study engineering as agreed with his father, but instead he drops out and begins to start writing poems. He travels to Africa, Holland, and Paris.
1929	Hughes receives a B.A. degree from Lincoln University 1960	The NAACP awards Langston Hughes the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievements by an African American 1967 Hughes Died May 22, 1967 (aged 65) in New York, United States. 1973    The first Langston Hughes Medal was awarded by the City College of New York.
Still Here by Langston Hughes I been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'-- But I don't care! I'm still here!
Merry-Go-Round by Langston Hughes COLORED CHILD AT CARNIVAL Where is the Jim Crow section  On this merry-go-round,  Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from  White and colored  Can't sit side by side.  Down South on the train  There's a Jim Crow car.  On the bus we're put in the back-- But there ain't no back  To a merry-go-round!  Where's the horse  For a kid that's black?
Harlem Renaissance ,[object Object],expression in 1920s in Harlem, New York ,[object Object],expressed through art, literature, music and    dance, ,[object Object], African-Americans for the    first time ,[object Object],  proud to be African-American, or a black   American.
[object Object], American art. ,[object Object], American experiences through rough times.              - For example, in the poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers“ ,[object Object], because of the Great Depression
Why we chose Langston Hughes -His poems are not so simple and boring.  -They have a jazz rhythm in the poem -His poems are positive even in the harsh eras people live through -His poems vary from positive & happy poems and negative & depressing poems -He expresses his pain he lived through in his poems

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Young f inal draft1

  • 1. Langston Hughes Date of Birth - February 1, 1902 Place of Birth - Joplin, Missouri Father - James Hughes Mother - Carrie Langston Hughes
  • 2. Langston Hughes 1903-1907 His parents separated and Langston Hughes moves back and forth between friends and relatives' homes. 1915-1920 Lives with his mother in Lincoln, Illinois, and in Cleveland, Ohio where he attended high school where he graduated on June 16, 1920. 1924 Enrolls at Columbia Univeristy to study engineering as agreed with his father, but instead he drops out and begins to start writing poems. He travels to Africa, Holland, and Paris.
  • 3. 1929 Hughes receives a B.A. degree from Lincoln University 1960 The NAACP awards Langston Hughes the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievements by an African American 1967 Hughes Died May 22, 1967 (aged 65) in New York, United States. 1973 The first Langston Hughes Medal was awarded by the City College of New York.
  • 4. Still Here by Langston Hughes I been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'-- But I don't care! I'm still here!
  • 5. Merry-Go-Round by Langston Hughes COLORED CHILD AT CARNIVAL Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry-go-round, Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored Can't sit side by side. Down South on the train There's a Jim Crow car. On the bus we're put in the back-- But there ain't no back To a merry-go-round! Where's the horse For a kid that's black?
  • 6.
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  • 8. Why we chose Langston Hughes -His poems are not so simple and boring. -They have a jazz rhythm in the poem -His poems are positive even in the harsh eras people live through -His poems vary from positive & happy poems and negative & depressing poems -He expresses his pain he lived through in his poems