Langton was born into a broken family so he was raised by his grandmother until he thirteen. he moved with his mom at that time and after graduating in high school he discovered his love for writing. He used to have strange jobs before he became who is today. Langton’s writings focusses on his people and how they lived unlike other poets at that time, he wanted to tell their stories their love for music, laughter and their sufferings. Langton’s works was for everyone, everyone could easily understand it everyone who has the ability to read. thats why had an ever growing group of audiences loved his work. his works had the biggest impact in harlem where in that time was a place where multiple race of people lived. …show more content…
During 1929 the time of the great depression, black communities had a lot of problem apartment rents went up, unemployment and racism. then the war came, the war gave the people few opportunities of advancement. During the time of the war harlem became a stage and a player in the fight between civil rights, people used harlem as a place to empower others who are having problems with anything, but social problems in harlem cost harlem to decrease its population living behind high concentration, poor residents and decaying