The Life of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was born on February 1st 1902. He was born in Joplin Missouri. Where he was growing up, he went through a lot with all of the racism. People did want to hire his father because he was black. His father wanted to be a lawyer, but wasn’t allowed too because the color of his skin. Langston Hughes’s father didn’t like the racism in the U.S so he packed his bags and moved to Mexico. When he was growing up he wrote poems to let his anger out.
Growing up Langston Hughes was a very upset person. He was upset because all of the racism he went through. He didn’t like the fact that he didn’t have as much power as the whites. He also knew that he couldn’t do anything so he just wrote poems about it. He succeeded in life when his poems started to get real good that people wanted them. When he first realized that he was that good that he started writing more.
Langston Hughes loved being black except for the fact that he didn’t have as much power but he wrote a poem about being black. It was called “My People.” The first poem he published in a book or magazine was called “Negro Speaks of Rivers.” It was published in Crisis magazine. When he was twenty-one years old he joined to S.S West Hesseltine.
There is a lot of things you should know about my author and that is he is one of the most famous African American authors. Another thing that you should know that he died at the age of sixty- five in New York City. We benefit from him today is that he has a lot of stories in schools today. That is how we will benefit from him today. I think that the most impressive thing about him was that he stayed strong through all his troubles.
My author inspired me by the fact that he went through a lot with his dad not getting the job he wanted because he was black, and how much he went through to get a good name as a poet. That is what inspired me. I would like to be him because of all he has done in life.
In conclusion, I think that Langston Hughes was a good person in all ways. He was nice to others and good at what he does. That is why I chose Langston Hughes and that is why he inspired me.