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"Langston Hughes"

Langston Hughes was the greatest poet in the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes may have even been the greatest poets ever to grace the face of the Earth. He had pure writing talent. He was a very smart man. He knew exactly what he was talking about and how he wanted his works to be portrayed. Hughes grew up in a rough setting, but overcame the odds.
Hughes was born James Mercer Langston Hughes in Joplin, Missouri on February 1,1902. His mother was a teacher and his father was an aspiring lawyer, but did not make it and became a shoekeeper. Langston felt that his father despised his ethnicity race. He felt that his father despised him because of that reason. Hughes and his father had a very distant relationship. His parents soon separated and young Langston was raised by his beloved grandmother. She influenced Hughes in many ways because she was a long time activist. He spent most of his time growing up in Lawrence, Missouri with his grandmother. He started writing......

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