Langston Hughes, poet laureate of Black American life & culture
Monday March 21, 2005
Langston Hughes was the unofficial poet laureate of Black American life & culture, a radical democrat at the center of the Harlem Renaissance, jazz/blues lyrical poet, humorous storyteller, political playwright, passionate advocate of African American pride, civil rights & artistic freedom.
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