When did he publish his first poem?
He published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", his first poem ,in 1921
He published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", his first poem, in 1918
He published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", his first poem ,in 1925
His father was happy that he would become a writer
What did Hughes express in his poems?
He expressed the love for his wife
He expressed the hate for White people
He expressed the suffering and the struggle of his people for equal rights
James Longston Hughes was proud to be Black
In I,too,sing America,where was he sent when the company came?
He was sent in the garden
He was sent in the kitchen
He was sent in the guests room
He used the rhythms of African -American music, particularly blues and jazz
What did he do after high school ?
He became a jazz singer
He got married
He spent the following year in Mexico with his father.
His father wanted him to become an engineer
Langston Hughes was the author of numerous poems collected in "Poetry Collections". Which of these collections was the first to be published?
"The Weary Blues"
"Fine Clothes to the Jew"
"Let America Be America Again"
He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called "Jazz poetry"
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