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Langston Hughes
Early life.
James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri.
He attended public schools in Kansas and Illinois and upon graduating elementary school, Hughes was named class poet, although he had never even written a poem. That title sparked an interest in writing poetry.
Hughes graduated from high school in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1920.
Why are they famous?
-American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.
Current life.
-On May 22, 1967, Langston Hughes died from complications of prostate cancer.
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-Hughes was 65 when he died May 22, 1967, of complications after surgery for prostate cancer. Fans wishing to visit his final resting place should head, of course, to Harlem, where his ashes are interred at the Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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Facts about Hughes
-One of Hughes's best-known poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," was published when Hughes was still in his teens. Its famous line, "My soul has grown deep like the rivers," was used as his epitaph.
-Langston Hughes was interested in communism.