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Langston Hughes Timeline

By Danbennett227

  • Langston Hughes is born in Joplin, Missouri

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  • Langston Hughes' grandmother dies

  • Langston moves to Lincoln Illinois to live with his mother and step mother, they, together move many times until finally settling in Cleveland, Ohio

  • Langston graduates from highschool

  • Langston moves to Washington D.C.

  • Langston publishes his first book of poetry "The Weary Blues"

  • Langston publishes his first novel "Not Without Laughter"

  • Langston dies of complications from prostate cancer