Langston Hughes Quotes


Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.


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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
  • Born: February 1, 1901
  • Died: May 22, 1967
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet, Columnist, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue."