- Fact 2 - Langston Hughes was born on February
1, 1902
- Fact 3 - The name of the parents of
Langston Hughes were James Hughes and Carrie Langston Hughes
- Fact 4 - James Mercer Langston
Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri
- Fact 5 - HE enrolled at Columbia
University to study engineering but dropped out and travelled to
Africa, Holland, and Paris
- Fact 6 - He became involved with
writers in Harlem and published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in
1924
- Fact 7 - He won the Opportunity
magazine poetry contest for "The Weary Blues" in 1925
- Fact 8 - He completed his education
at Lincoln University receiving a B.A. degree
- Fact 9 - He wrote and Hughes
published Not Without Laughter, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
- Fact 10 - In 1935 the Langston
Hughes play, "Mulatto," opened on Broadway
- Fact 11 - Langston Hughes wrote
autobiographies called The Big Sea and Wonder As I Wander
- Fact 12 - He wrote and published
various other poetry books
- Fact 13 - The 1960 NAACP awards
presented Langston Hughes with the Spingarn Medal for
distinguished achievements by an African American
- Fact 14 - Langston Hughes died on
May 22, 1967
- Fact 15 - The first Langston Hughes
Medal was awarded in 1973 by the City College of New York
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