Question

who is Langston Hughes?​

Answer 1

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

Born: 1 February 1901, Joplin, Missouri, United States

Died: 22 May 1967, Stuyvesant Polyclinic