How Did Langston Hughes Influence Education

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Langston Hughes

Childhood and Education

Langston Mercer Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 to Caroline Mercer Hughes and James Nathaniel Hughes in Joplin Missouri. He was raised by his maternal grandmother, Mary Patterson Langston in Lawrence Kansas. He went to Columbia University in 1921 to 1922. He also went to Lincoln University in 1926 to 1929.

Accomplishments

His accomplishments were that he was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was also an influential writer during the 1920s. He was one of the most important writers during the Harlem Renaissance. In addition, he helped shape American literature. He wrote a number of books like The Weary Blues in 1926, Not Without Laughter in 1930, or The Big Sea in 1940. In 1960, the NCAAP awarded Hughes with the Spingarn Award. He also won the Anis field-Wolf Book Award.

Obstacles

Some of his obstacles were his mother and father divorced when he was a small child. Another obstacle for him was that he wrote about being lonely. He also had to leave the U.S. to escape the racial prejudice. Also, The Negro Speaks of …show more content…
In 1961, Hughes got an award for Art and Letters. In 1963, Howard University awarded Hughes an honorary doctorate. In 1973, the first Langston Hughes Medal was awarded by the City college of New York. In 1979, Langston Hughes Middle School was created in Reston, Virginia. In 1981, New York City Landmark status was given to the Harlem home of Langston Hughes at 20 East 127th Street by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and 127th St. was renamed Langston Hughes Place. The Langston Hughes house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 2002, The United States Postal Service added the image of Langston Hughes to its Black Heritage series of stamps. Also in 2002, Scholar Molefe Kete Asante listed Langston Hughes on his list of 100 Greatest African

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