James Langston Hughes

African-American Writer, Poet, Kansan

February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967

American author Langston Hughes, a moving

spirit in the artistic movement of the 1920s

often called the Harlem Renaissance, expressed

the mind and spirit of most African Americans

for nearly half a century

Poetry………

The Negro Speaks (1921)

Mother to Son(1922)

The Weary Blues (1925)

Saturday Night (1927)

Trumpet Player (1947)

Harlem (A Dream Deferred) (1951)

Theme for English B (1951)

Prose………..

Salvation (1940)

On the Road (1952)

Thank Y, M’am (1958)

Additional Writings………

Besides Poetry, Langston Hughes also wrote short

stories, novels, children books, Anthologies of African

American literature, plays, musicals, operettas, and

translations of Spanish and French poetry………

Summary

Langston Hughes was one of the prominent

people of the Harlem Renaissance. This was a

time during the 1920s-era when black arts and

culture flourished and it took place in his New

York City neighborhood. “Before it was a

slogan, Hughes knew that black was beautiful.