Description
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue".
Born
February 1st, 1902 in Joplin / Died: May 22nd, 1967
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2022/07/07
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic)
2020/06/29
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2015/04/01
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