Langston Hughes

      Langston Hughes was born in February 1,1902 and died May 22,1967. Hughes was a poet, novelist, play writer, and a social activist. He was one of the first people who started to writing jazz poetry. But Hughes was best know as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

    The Harlem Renaissance was a group of African Americans that wanted to express there culture across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States was also know as the Great Migration. they were trying to share culture and spreed peace and freedom for all.

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Letter home

Dear mom, Everything was good until a few days a go when all the sudden artillery shells were coming down like rain. The artillery has started to stop and we here a whistle across no mans land and the only thing that means is that we need to load the machine guns. We are going to attack to morrow ill right to you when I get back.

Dear parents we must sadly tell you that your son was killed in the call of duty we have sent you his dog tags and this letter that was on. We will contact you in a few days with more info. Call us at ###-###-#### if you don't get a call in a few days.