Childhood
What was Langston Hughes' birth name?
James Mercer Langston Hughes
What was Langston Hughes' first book titled?
The Weary Blues
Where did Langston attend 1st grade?
Topeka, Kansas
Name the job Langston Hughes performed. *Culinary Arts!!!*
Assistant Cook
Who was Langston Hughes raised by, until his early teens
His grandmother
Name the two poets that Langston Hughes found influences.
Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman
What was the name of the segregated school that Langston Hughes attended?
Pinckney School
What job did Langston Hughes had that involves cleaning?
A Launderer
After deciding to live with his mother, what place did they settle in?
Cleveland, Ohio
What was the name of Langston's first collection of short stories?
The Ways of White Folks
What school did Langston attend for 4th 5th and 6th grade?
New York School
A job Langston Hughes had *Transportation*
A busboy
After his birth, what place did Langston Hughes' father move to?
Mexico
What is the name of the poem that talks about a man being abused by a certain racist group of people?
Ku Klux
What school did Langston attend in seventh grade?
Central School
A job Langston Hughes had that involved traveling from Africa to Europe. * DEEP BLUE SEA *
A seaman
What did Langston Hughes contribute in, but would later reject it?
Literary magazines and poetry magazines
What is the name of the poem that speaks about freedom?
Frosting
What college did Langston Hughes attend?
Columbia University
What was the job Langston Hughes had when he met poet Vachel Lindsay?
A busboy