THE WORKS AND LIFE OF LANGSTON HUGHES

The works and life of Langston Hughes

The works and life of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes started composing in high school, and even at this early age was evolving the voice that made him famous. Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, but dwelled with his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. Hughes's grandmother, Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston, was famous in the African American community in Lawrence (Circa, 1930). Hughes dwelled in Mexico for the summer but he did not get along with his father. This confrontation, though sore, evidently assisted to Hughes's maturity. When Hughes returned to ...