Timeline Of His Life
February 1902- Langston is born in Joplin, Missouri
1916- Langston is elected class poet and graduates from primary school
1921- "The Negro Speaks Of Rivers" is published in NAACP journal Crisis.(Langston wrote this on the train he was on to meet his father)
1922- Hughes leaves Columbia college after being dissapointed with the racial discrimination there.
1923- Hughes gets a job on the S.S. Malone for six months.
1924- Hughes is discovered in Washington D.C. as a good poet and gets in touch with editors at Knopf.
1926- Hughes first poetry book, " The Weary Blues " is published.
1927- Hughes second collection, "Fine Clothes To The Jew", is published.
1929- Hughes graduates from college with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
1930- Not Without Laughter, Hughes novel, is published
1946- Hughes is elected to the National Intsitute of Arts and Letters
May 1967- Langston Hughes dies from complications due to prostate cancer.
1916- Langston is elected class poet and graduates from primary school
1921- "The Negro Speaks Of Rivers" is published in NAACP journal Crisis.(Langston wrote this on the train he was on to meet his father)
1922- Hughes leaves Columbia college after being dissapointed with the racial discrimination there.
1923- Hughes gets a job on the S.S. Malone for six months.
1924- Hughes is discovered in Washington D.C. as a good poet and gets in touch with editors at Knopf.
1926- Hughes first poetry book, " The Weary Blues " is published.
1927- Hughes second collection, "Fine Clothes To The Jew", is published.
1929- Hughes graduates from college with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
1930- Not Without Laughter, Hughes novel, is published
1946- Hughes is elected to the National Intsitute of Arts and Letters
May 1967- Langston Hughes dies from complications due to prostate cancer.