Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was a poet, author, and activist who was prominent during the Harlem Renaissance. Much of his work portrayed Black life in America, and was heavily influenced by jazz. Hughes aimed to capture the joys and suffering in Black culture, and often wrote his poems from the perspective of the common Black experience.[1]
Hughes died in 1967 due to complications from prostate cancer.