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Langston Hughes
About the Author: Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri.He was born with the name James Langston Hughes. He went to school in Cleavland, Ohio at Central High School. He began writing his poetry when he was just kid in the eight grade. His father thought that Hughes should do something more practical than writing poetry. He got his tuition fees paid by studying engineering. He went to college at Columbia University.