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Date of Birth
This timeline starts on February 1, 1902 when James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, second child of Carrie Hughes and James Hughes. -
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Langston Hughes Lifespan
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Hughes Parents Seperate
His parents seperated and Langston Hughes move home repeatedly staying with relatives and friends. -
Columbia University
Langston Enrollls at Columbia University in September study engineering as agreed with his father but becomes involved with writers in Harlem and publishes " The Negro of Rivers". He drops out of Columbia University travels to Africa, Holland, and Pari. In November 1924, Hughes returned to the US to live with his mother in Washington DC. -
Opportunity Magazine
Hughes wins the Opportunity magazine potery contest for "The Weary Blues" -
Moved to Washington DC
In November 1924 he moved to Washington DC. -
The Weary Blue
The Weary is published by Alfred Knopf and Hughes enrolls in Lincoln University, a HBCU in Chester County, Pennsylvania. -
Hughes second book
Hughes second book of poems, Fine Clothes on the Jew is published by Alfred Knopf. -
First Novel
In 1930 he published his first novel "not without laughter" -
Death
Langston Hughes died of cancer complications from prostate cancer in May 22, 1967 in NYC. -
First Award
The first Langston Hughes Metal was awarded by the City College of NYC.
