Langston Hughes Summary
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Langston Hughes Summary & Study Guide
9 Biographies
11 Student Essays
3 Encyclopedia Articles
42 Literature Criticisms
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30 Langston Hughes Lessons
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180 Multiple Choice Questions
60 Short Essay Questions
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Langston Hughes Summary

Langston Hughes has accurately been described as "the Laureate of Black America," and Meltzer's biography is an excellent introduction to his life and work. Hughes's collaboration with Meltzer, first on A Pictorial History of the Negro in America and then on Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment, led to the development of a solid working relationship that grew into friendship. Hughes recognized that Meltzer's experience in writing and...

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

Hughes, Langston

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Langston Hughes Born February 1, 1902 Joplin, Missouri Died May 22, 1967 New York, New York American poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, autobiographer, and nonfiction writer Langston ... Read more

Hughes, Langston (1902-1967)

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Hughes, Langston (1902-1967) With his essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" (1926), writer Langston Hughes helped to define the spirit that motivated the Harlem Renaissance, a... Read more

Hughes, Langston

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4langston Hughes Excerpt from "The Weary Blues"Published in 1923 Recognized as the best known and most celebrated of African American poets, Langston Hughes (1902–1967) began his ... Read more

Milton Meltzer Biographies (11)

(James) Langston Hughes

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France held a special value for Langston Hughes even before he first visited Paris. "I will never forget the thrill of first understanding the French of de Maupassant," he writes in The Big Sea (1940)... Read more

(James) Langston Hughes

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Poet, fiction writer, playwright, journalist, biographer, historian, anthologist, translator, and critic, Langston Hughes was one of the best known and most versatile black American writers of the twe... Read more

(James) Langston Hughes

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Possibly the most influential black American writer of the twentieth century, Langston Hughes set an example of self-determination and artistic integrity. Beginning in the Harlem Renaissance during th... Read more

(James) Langston Hughes

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Few writers become household names, yet such is the case of Langston Hughes , who was perhaps the most significant black American writer in the twentieth century. His poems, novels, short stories, dr... Read more

(James) Langston Hughes

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One of the most eminent black American writers and a literary figure of international renown, Langston Hughes was a serious and innovative artist who helped bring into the mainstream of American lit... Read more

(James) Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes's reputation as one of the most innovative American poets may be one reason he has largely been ignored as a significant playwright. He did not primarily identify himself as a playwrig... Read more

Langston Hughes

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American author Langston Hughes (1902-1967), a moving spirit in the artistic ferment of the 1920s often called the Harlem Renaissance, expressed the mind and spirit of most African Americans for nearl... Read more

Langston Hughes

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"I didn't know the upper class Negroes well enough to write much about them," Langston Hughes said in The Big Sea. "I knew only the people I had grown up with, and they weren't people whose shoes were... Read more

Langston Hughes

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Biography EssayAs a household name for so many readers of varying persuasions, Langston Hughes was perhaps the most significant black American writer in the twentieth century. From the Harlem Renaissa... Read more

Milton Meltzer

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Much of the subject matter in Milton Meltzer's nearly one hundred titles--poverty, religion, crime, peace, discrimination, slavery--concerns injustices especially common to America. "As a nonfiction c... Read more

Milton Meltzer

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As a nonfiction children's author, Milton Meltzer single-mindedly focuses upon the explication of lives devoted to the continuing struggle for human rights and social reform, effectively portraying th... Read more

Essays & Analysis (53)

Critical Essay by Julian C. Carey

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Critical Review by Henry Taylor

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Critical Essay by Rita B. Dandridge

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Critical Essay by John O. Hodges

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Critical Essay by David R. Jarraway

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James Mercer Langston Hughes

658 words, approx. 3 pages

James Mercer Langston Hughes was one of the most original and literal of black writers. He was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri to James and Carrie Mercer Hughes. Shortly after Hughes' b... Read more

Langston Hughes and African American History

803 words, approx. 3 pages

Langston Hughes was an African American poet who was one of the first black voices to be heard in America. He was distinct among his contemporaries with his writing about the blacks' exp... Read more

A Reflection of the Treatment of African Americans in the 1920's and 30's

1,708 words, approx. 6 pages

In the time between World War I and World War II, African Americans faced many forms of discrimination. After World War I, during the 1920's, some 800,000 African Americans moved north to cities such... Read more

Langston Hughes: "I, Too, Sing America", "Harlem", and "The Weary Blues"

825 words, approx. 3 pages

Hughes's goal was to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music. He used his social and political aspects of Afr... Read more

Langston Hughes: Discrimination Against Colored Skin

354 words, approx. 2 pages

"I guess being colored doesn't make me not like/ the same things other folks like who are other races." (Theme for English B 25-26) Just because someone's skin is a different color does not mean that ... Read more

Analysis of "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes

1,810 words, approx. 7 pages

Langston Hughes was an African American poet and author who joined other black artists to break literary barriers during the civil rights movement. The poem entitled "Theme for English B" was writ... Read more

Langston Hughes: Master of Language and Social Change

1,897 words, approx. 7 pages

"To start with, one must know what he was: an American and black. And for the Afro-American, life in the land where `white is right' had always been different" (Tracy Sugarman front jacket). Langst... Read more

The Poetry of Protest: Langston Hughes

661 words, approx. 3 pages

Between 1921-1930, Hughes devoted his major writing efforts to poetry, and on the basis of his success definitely decided to pursue a literary career. In the 1930's, he turned to two new mediums of ex... Read more

Search for Identity in Langston Hughes

2,707 words, approx. 10 pages

Satinder Kumar Verma Research Scholar Department of English Dr. Ajay Kumar Sharma Lecturer Department of English Maharaj Singh (PG) College, Saharanpur (U.P.) SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN THE POETRY ... Read more

Overcoming Hardship in Two Langston Hughes Poems

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Langston Hughes lived during a turbulent time of adversity. He lived through both world wars, the Harlem Renaissance, and the beginning of the Civil rights movement. With his novels and books of poetr... Read more

Poems About Memorable Assignments

1,226 words, approx. 5 pages

There has always been times that a professor or teacher would assign a paper to write about or may even oppose a question that could be debatable to any person. For example, suppose you had to free... Read more

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