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Langston Hughes
(1902-1967)
Raised by his grandmother in Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas
Heard stories about his family helping abolitionist John Brown
Began writing poetry as a child
Published first poem at age 19
Worked as a reporter for newspapers
Became an important writer in Harlem in the 1920s
More on Langston Hughes
Short biography - Langston Hughes
In Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains
Items relating to Hughes on Kansas Memory
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