Langston Hughes

This young man was known as James Mercer Langston Hughes born on
February 1, 1902 at
Joplin, Missouri , United States.
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.
if he had been alive February 1 2015 would had been his 113th year birthday.
honor of the man whose work includes poetry, novels,
essays, children’s books and political writings that spotlighted
black life and culture, here are 8 quotes from life of Langston
Hughes.
1. “Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful
language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas”
- I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey, 1956
2. “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”
-The Negro Speaks of Rivers, 1920
3. “Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head
with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
-”April Rain Song”
4. “Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken
winged bird that cannot fly.”
- Montage of a Dream Deferred, 1951. And so on