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Date of Birth
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01-February-1902
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Place of Birth
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Joplin
(Jasper County, Missouri, Newton County, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Lengstons Hjūzs, James Mercer Langston Hughes, Hughes, Langston
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Profession
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Poet, Lyricist, Writer, Essayist, Novelist, Playwright, Social activist, Author
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Quotes
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- There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this 'homeland of the free.'
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James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue".
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