Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents got divorced while he was at a young age and his father moved to Mexico. He was raised by his grandmother till the age of thirteen and then moved to Lincoln, Illinois to live with his mother and her new husband. Eventually the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Hughes also settled with his father, whom he dislike, in Mexico for 1 year during this time some of his greatest work was created. He attended Columbia University and was the only African American in his class and this greatly disappointed Hughes. Hughes greatly suffered racism because of his white lineage but he continued to write for blacks unlike other poets before him. He had a voice, and was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. As a writer he, more than any other black poet or writer, discussed nuances of black life and frustrations he states that his poetry is about "workers, roustabouts, and singers, and job hunters