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Langston Hughes: Biography

Source: Biography

American poet, playwright, and novelist Langston Hughes was an influential contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. Discover how his voice expressed in writing the feelings and beauty of African American lives in the 1920s.

This entry was posted in Making Your Voice Heard and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Culture & Society, People on October 1, 2015 by Marianne Rafter.

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