Biographical facts
- His full name is James Mercer Lansgston Hughes
- He was born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri
- He went to high school in Cleveland, Ohio
- He wrote for the school newspaper, edited the yearbook, and wrote his first short stories, poems, and dramatic plays in high school
- He attended Columbia University to study engineering, but left because of racial predjudice
- He wrote his signature poem, the Negro Speaks of Rivers, in 1921
- He worked odd jobs and served as a crewman no the S.S. Malone in 1923
- He attended Lincoln University
- He moved to Westfield, New Jersey, in 1930
- He died on May 22, 1967 because of complications of abdominal surgery
- He was born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri
- He went to high school in Cleveland, Ohio
- He wrote for the school newspaper, edited the yearbook, and wrote his first short stories, poems, and dramatic plays in high school
- He attended Columbia University to study engineering, but left because of racial predjudice
- He wrote his signature poem, the Negro Speaks of Rivers, in 1921
- He worked odd jobs and served as a crewman no the S.S. Malone in 1923
- He attended Lincoln University
- He moved to Westfield, New Jersey, in 1930
- He died on May 22, 1967 because of complications of abdominal surgery