Hughes, essentially an optimist, clung to his belief that the barriers excluding his people from the American Dream might one day be abolished. Harlem was a main focus in many of Hughes' poems and an influence for many of his other poems. He was very involved in the Harlem community. In 1938, Hughes founded the Harlem Suitcase Theatre to help African-Americans further take pleasure in their culture...
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Hughes encouraged children to plant gardens, create poetry, and appreciate themselves. By observing the humble aspects of the black culture in Harlem, Hughes drew much inspiration for his writing. He created poems that were "responses to the feelings of oppression that pervaded the lives of Harlem residents"...
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Langston Hughes Black parents tell their children not to behave like negros, to do things perfectly like the white man. Hughes believed that blacks were taught not to see how special their own culture was, because it was not the white way of doing things...	2 / 490
the hard knock life for langston hughes Langston Hughes was fortunate to be able to read, and blessed with his talent to write. Due to financial stability, Hughes was able to attend Columbia University and Lincoln University...	4 / 849
Langston Hughes [Meltzer] After leaving Columbia Langston looked for a job, but soon found that no one was looking for a colored worker. There were no jobs for colored men in Harlem...	3 / 836
Langston Hughes contribution Hughes, essentially an optimist, clung to his belief that the barriers excluding his people from the American Dream might one day be abolished. Harlem was a main focus in many of Hughes' poems and an influence for many of his other poems...	4 / 859