James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was 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.
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Backlash Blues | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | writer | |
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Backlash Blues | The Photograph | composer | |
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Crossing | Zebrahead | writer | |
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A Negro Speaks of Rivers | Independent Lens | writer | |
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African Dance | Stormy Weather | writer | |
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Good Ground | Way Down South | composer | |
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Louisiana | Way Down South | composer | |
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The Backlash Blues | What Happened, Miss Simone? | writer |
