FEBRUARY 1, 1902: LANGSTON HUGHES BORN

Langston Hughes was born in 1902 and died in 1967. A poet and novelist, he became known as the “Shakespeare of Harlem” during the 1920s and 1930s.

You can find out more about Hughes’s life, in the context of his work and major world events, on A Hughes Timeline.

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