The Life of Langston Hughes:
1: Several of Hughes' great grandfathers had been white slave traders
2. His parents had tried really hard to make more of themselves than what was allowed for African-Americans at that time, when he was old enough he moved to Mexico to escape the racism of America, however he moved back later in his life
3. In June 1921 he published a poem that became known as the, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
4. In 1926 he published his first book of verse, The Weary Blues
5.In 1926 he enrolled at Lincoln University, and graduated in 1929
6.In the Chicago Defender, he began a weekly newspaper column that ran for more than twenty years.
7.In 1947 he worked as lyricist with Kurt Weill and Elmer Rice on the Broadway
8. In 1947 he moved to Harlem and he stayed there until his death in 1967
9.In 1953 he was accused of being part of the Communist party because of his radical writing
10.In 1961 he was admitted to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
1: Several of Hughes' great grandfathers had been white slave traders
2. His parents had tried really hard to make more of themselves than what was allowed for African-Americans at that time, when he was old enough he moved to Mexico to escape the racism of America, however he moved back later in his life
3. In June 1921 he published a poem that became known as the, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
4. In 1926 he published his first book of verse, The Weary Blues
5.In 1926 he enrolled at Lincoln University, and graduated in 1929
6.In the Chicago Defender, he began a weekly newspaper column that ran for more than twenty years.
7.In 1947 he worked as lyricist with Kurt Weill and Elmer Rice on the Broadway
8. In 1947 he moved to Harlem and he stayed there until his death in 1967
9.In 1953 he was accused of being part of the Communist party because of his radical writing
10.In 1961 he was admitted to the National Institute of Arts and Letters