Langston Hughes by Chance Rank https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz Made by Chance Rank en-us 2019-02-27 21:32:59 UTC 2019-02-27 22:08:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Harlem Renaissance crank20 https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336167672 Hughes was an important figure for the HR and is well known for his poetry work. He also wrote multiple plays, novels, and news columns. ]]> 2019-02-27 21:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336167672 Ex. Poem crank20 https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336168664
AS I GREW OLDER
Published: 1925
It was a long time ago.
I have almost forgotten my dream.
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun—
My dream.
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
Slowly,
Between me and my dream.

]]> 2019-02-27 21:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336168664 Background crank20 https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336170696 Born in February of 1902 and lived to be 65 years old dying in 1967. Moved around a bunch as a child before settling in Cleveland. First publish piece was soon after he graduated high school in 1921. ]]> 2019-02-27 21:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336170696 Education crank20 https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336175616 Hughes went to Lincoln University from 1926 to 1929 to get his degree. He was a very educated writer, which helped him succeed during the HR. ]]> 2019-02-27 22:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336175616 Quotes crank20 https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336176088 "I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go."
- Langston Hughes 
Hughes lived with a courageous mindset and thought if you could dream it, you could be it. ]]> 2019-02-27 22:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/crank20/g937x9rv38zz/wish/336176088