Langston Hughes
LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) “ Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly ” “ In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing ” · 1902 -Born in Missouri · 1921 - first poem was published in The Crisis (the Magazine by the NAACP ) · 1926- The Weary Blues , his first collection of poetry published · 1927 – Fine Clothes to the Jew , his best work; – ‘ The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain ’ ,an essay · ...