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... So I threw the books into the sea” (Hughes, 98). Langston Hughes, “Poet Lauriat of the Harlem Renaissance” (Rent, 2000), led a life of poverty and uncertainty like most any other African American child while growing up in the early 1900’s. ... Langston Hughes became the captain of his own ship and controlled his own destiny. ...
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, February 1, 1902. ... Hughes’ grandmother filled him with stories about past advocates for the rights of colored people and she also helped him to understand the unimportance of crying. After her death, Langston moved to Kansas to live with an aunt. It was in Kansas that Hughes first started work: cleaning spittoons, toilets, and delivering newspapers. When Hughes reached the age of thirteen his mother returned and they moved to Illinois. Upon completion of grade school, Hughes and his family moved to Cleveland to join his stepfather who was working at a steel mill. While attending Central High School, Langston began writing poetry. ... Langston joined his father in Mexico one summer only to learn he despised the man. His father hated Negros and Langston was one. After graduation Langston again returned to Mexico hoping to persuade his father to help him attend a university. Hughes had become fluent enough in Spanish that he was able to successfully converse with the Spanish-speaking people. Being able to speak Spanish, Hughes was offered a teaching position teaching English to the children of better families. Hughes had his heart on attending Columbia University in the heart of Harlem and his father was adamantly against it.
Approximate Word count = 1321
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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