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Carrie Langston with son Langston Hughes in 1902. Carolina Mercer Langston (January 18, 1873 – June 3, 1938) was an American writer and actress. She was the mother of poet, playwright and social activist Langston Hughes .
16 de fev. de 2015 · As a girl, Carrie Langston was known as “the Belle of Black Lawrence.” Hungry for attention, she aspired to a career on the stage, but her dreams were stymied by prejudice and by the limits of...
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Carrie Langston Hughes was a Kansas native and a strong advocate for woman’s suffrage, women’s rights, and the rights of African Americans. She was the mother of poet Langston Hughes and helped him gain admission to a segregated school in New York.
19 de jan. de 2024 · Langston Hughes was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, a movement of Black culture and art in the 1920s. He wrote poems, novels, plays, and columns that explored the African American experience and identity.
19 de jan. de 2007 · Courtesy U.S. Library of Congress. Poet, novelist, playwright, librettist, essayist, and translator, James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902, to parents Caroline (Carrie) Mercer Langston, a school teacher, and James Nathaniel Hughes, an attorney.
27 de mar. de 2024 · Langston Hughes - A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, Langston Hughes is known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties and was important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes. 1902–1967. Carl Van Vechten, © Van Vechten Trust. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem.
