TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merrell,Billy
AU  - Copeland,Gregory
TI  - Who was Langston Hughes?
T2  - Who HQ book
SN  - 9780593658543
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Workshop
KW  - Hughes, Langston,
KW  - Poets, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - African American poets
KW  - African Americans in literature
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - Creative nonfiction
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 108); Who was Langston Hughes? -- Growing up Black -- Class poet -- Far from home -- Reborn in Harlem -- Always moving on -- Poet on tour -- Finding community abroad -- Political poet -- The dream keeper -- Timelines; Ages 8-12; Penguin Workshop
N2  - "Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry books during his lifetime. He was an activist and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance period"--
ER  -