Langston Hughes

Part I of Essay
Poetry in Motion - was a poet that lived from 1902-1967. He was a very distinguished poet of the Harlem Renaissance, the great out pouring of african-american art. The poetry of Langston Huges is very different, yet it held the reader's attention. As a poet, he defines hi ....

Part II of Essay
.... such as it. He was very proud and his poetry reflected that. He is known as a figure of hope in the black race's eyes, his poem inspired pride and strngth in most african americans who also struggle with the plight of racism and segregation. He was very influential, famed authors such as Lorraine Hansberry derived the title to her award winning play A Raisin in the Sun (1959), from one of Hughes poems. He in turn was very influenced by Walt Whitman, and honored him in one of his poems. "Old Walt Whitman Went ....