“Whereas the better-class Negro would tell the artist what to do, the people at least let him alone when he does appear.”
About Langston Hughes
1 February 1902–22 May 1967
In the smoky jazz clubs of 1920s Harlem, where the saxophone's wail mingled with the clatter of typewriter keys, James Mercer Langston Hughes emerged as one of America's most vital poetic voices. Born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri, and passing away on May 22, 1967, in New York City, Hughes spent his…