The Rise Of Langston Hughes During The Harlem Renaissance
Prior to the Harlem Renaissance it was either the students that voted for him, his discovery of Carl Sandberg or his life experiences that made Langston Hughes who he is. Aforementioned to Hughes becoming a writer, when he was in eighth grade, the students of his class voted for him as the class poet and he believed it was because when it comes to poetry you need rhythm and being that his black of course he would have rhythm. His hypothesis was later proven wrong because he made friends easily and get along with the students around him. The teachers thought of him to be a superb writer as well. Being who he is Langston Hughes already had affected the people by his character. After being chosen as class poet, a couple years entering his graduating
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement for African- Americans during the Great migration moving north to flee from their oppressors to be able to freely express their individuality. The Harlem Renaissance was a period during the 1920s and mid 30s that not only gave rise to black musicians, but also to writers, photographers, and scholars. Hughes of course was on the rise to be knowing for his works for example his poem “The Negros Speaks of Rivers” that was highly praised. However, Hughes at the time dropped out of Columbia and did various jobs that led him to African, but he did eventually leave in 1924, when he decided to live briefly in Paris to develop his poetry, ultimately coming back in the states. As he was working as a busboy his work was recognized by Vachel Lindsay and Carl Van Vechten. Van Vechten in particular helped getting Hughes poetry published and in return Hughes shed light on the life of an African American on Van Vechten. Hughes poetry, essays about his experiences with segregation, being that when he was little he was exposed to racial discrimination when he went to the movie theater and his teacher having segregated seating arrangements, made Hughes a distinguished writer just as Carl Sandberg who was one of his influencers. In 1926 Hughes in a way try to help artists during the Harlem Renaissance with his essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Renaissance, so that the upcoming artists could
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement for African- Americans during the Great migration moving north to flee from their oppressors to be able to freely express their individuality. The Harlem Renaissance was a period during the 1920s and mid 30s that not only gave rise to black musicians, but also to writers, photographers, and scholars. Hughes of course was on the rise to be knowing for his works for example his poem “The Negros Speaks of Rivers” that was highly praised. However, Hughes at the time dropped out of Columbia and did various jobs that led him to African, but he did eventually leave in 1924, when he decided to live briefly in Paris to develop his poetry, ultimately coming back in the states. As he was working as a busboy his work was recognized by Vachel Lindsay and Carl Van Vechten. Van Vechten in particular helped getting Hughes poetry published and in return Hughes shed light on the life of an African American on Van Vechten. Hughes poetry, essays about his experiences with segregation, being that when he was little he was exposed to racial discrimination when he went to the movie theater and his teacher having segregated seating arrangements, made Hughes a distinguished writer just as Carl Sandberg who was one of his influencers. In 1926 Hughes in a way try to help artists during the Harlem Renaissance with his essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” Renaissance, so that the upcoming artists could