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Langston Hughes

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  • Birth

    Birth

    Langston Hughes was born Febuary 1st 1902.
  • Life with Mom and Graduating High School

    Life with Mom and Graduating High School

    During this period he lives with his mother in Lincoln, Illinois, and in Cleveland, Ohio where he attended high school where he graduated on June 16, 1920
  • Published "The Weary Blues"

    Published "The Weary Blues"

    Hughes wins the Opportunity Magazine poetry contest for "The Weary Blues".
    The Weary Blues is published by Alfred Knopf and Hughes.
  • First Book

    First Book

    Hughes book of poems, Fine Clothes to the Jew, is published by Alfred Knopf
  • Receives Degree

    Receives Degree

    Hughes receives a B.A. degree from Lincoln University
  • More published works

    More published works

    Hughes publishes his novel, Not Without Laughter, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
    The Ways of White Folks, a collection of short stories, is published
    Hughes's play, "Mulatto," opens on Broadway
  • First Audiobiography

    First Audiobiography

    Hughes establishes his theatre troupe in Los Angeles and publishes The Big Sea, his first autobiography
  • Second Autobiography

    Second Autobiography

    I Wonder As I Wander, Hughes's second autobiography, is published.
  • He was Inducted

    He was Inducted

    Hughes was inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letters and publishes Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz, a collection of poetry
  • Death

    Death

    Hughes Died May 22, 1967 (aged 65) in New York, United States
    Hughes' Panther and the Lash was posthumously published