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Born
Langston Hughes was born on February 1st 1902 in Joplin, Missouri -
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Langston Hughes
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Parents Get Divorced
After Langston's parents have been fighting for quite sometime, they get divorced -
Moves In With Grandma
After his parents divorce, he moves in with his Grandma -
Dad Moves to Mexico
When his dad moves to mexico they stop being close and dont really keep in touch -
Moves Back in With Mom
After living with his grandma for 13 years he moves in with his mom and her husband in Ohio -
High School
Langston Hughes enrolls at Central High School in Cleavland, Ohio -
started writing
langston Hughes started Writing In high school -
College
Langston Hughes enrolls at Lincoln University -
Writes "Dreams"
this is his most famous poem and is one of the most known of all time. -
Father Dies
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recieves "Guggeheim Fellowship Award"
this award is for being great in the "arts" category like writing movie producing and other things -
Death
langston Hughes dies tragicly of prostate cancer