11 Notable Artists from the Harlem Renaissance and Their Enduring Works
Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Ella Fitzgerald, and other Black Americans made valuable artistic contributions to the Harlem Renaissance.
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Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Ella Fitzgerald, and other Black Americans made valuable artistic contributions to the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes, in full James Mercer Langston Hughes, (born February 1, 1902?, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York), American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns. While it was long believed that Hughes was born in 1902, new research released in 2018 indicated that he might have been born the previous year. His parents separated soon after his birth, and he was raised by his mother and grandmother. After hi...
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