Langston Hughes

  • Birth

  • Childhood

    Age 13-moved in with grandmother in Lincoln, Illinois
  • Young Adult

    After graduation, he spent a year in Mexico and a year at Columbia University
  • Young Adult

    moved to Washington D.C.
  • Young Adult

    First poetry book is published: The Weary Blues
  • Adult

    finishes college
  • Adult

    His novel, Not Without Laughter wins the Harmon Gold Medal for literature
  • Elderly

    dies of cancer

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