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Langston Hughes' birthplace can't forget him — and neither should we. ... "The rhythm of life / Is a jazz rhythm," Hughes opens, ... Three books perfect for introducing Hughes to young readers.

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz ...

His book was inspired by some famous library-dancers: the poets Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka. In 1991, the pair bopped at an event celebrating the opening of the Langston Hughes Auditorium at the ...

Before discovering that safe place, Langston Hughes, the “poet laureate of Harlem,” led the jazz-age Harlem Renaissance. The African American neighborhood’s culture inspired poets, artists ...

There's a section in the book where you talk about Langston Hughes. You say that he’s facing censorship and that people are trying to divide his words.

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