Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on 1st February, 1902. He was an American poet, novelist, columnist, social activist and play writer. Hughes is known for introducing the new form of literary art called jazz poetry. His most recognized work “The Negro was in Vogue” made him the leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Childhood
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, to mother Carrie (Caroline) Mercer Langston and father James Nathaniel Hughes (1871–1934). Langston Hughes grew up in a series of Midwestern small towns. Because of active racism still going in United States, the family kept moving to places trying to escape it. Later, Hughes's father left his family and divorced Carrie.
