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Essay heading: Langston Hughes Biography
 
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There was another reason for Hughes' presence in Washington. Though he would earn a degree from Lincoln University (PA) in 1929, he really wanted to attend Howard University. Saving enough money for tuition became his goal. Shortly after his arrival in the City, Hughes sought a position as a page at the Library of Congress, but Washington's black leaders were unsuccessful in landing him this choice position...
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Hughes accepted an advertising job at the black weekly, the Washington Sentinel, but quit the paper shortly after because of poor pay. He then took a job at a laundromat. During his leisure hours, he spent time on 7th Street, NW where ordinary black people lived. Along the storefronts, he observed them eating barbecue and fish sandwiches...
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