Labriah Morgan JANUARY 11, 2008


BIOGRAPHYY REPORT: James Langston Hughes
Biography by Andrew P. Jackson

Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He was born to an abolitionist family. He started writing poetry in the eighth grade. His father wanted him to be an engineer, but Langston didn’t want to. He soon dropped out of engineering school and continued to write poetry.
Langston Hughes real name was James Langston Hughes. He was pressured by his parents to be something other than a poet. His father thought it wouldn’t do him much good. He was a person who was not about to let someone control his life. James helped himself succeed. He did this by doing what he knew he was good at. He knew what he wanted to be at a young age. It was when he wrote that poem in the eighth grade. Langston prepared his future by writing more and more poems and then tried to get them published
Langston did short plays, essays, and his most famous works, poems. His contribution literature was important because so many black writers are what they are because of him. For example Toni Morrison. He also inspired people by letting them know not to listen to what other people say about them, to follow their own dream.
You all should know that my character worked hard to follow his dream. He went against all odds. It’s kind of like a Romeo and Juliet story except the love is between Langston and his love for writing. We benefit from him today because there are a lot of black writers in the world today. The most important thing Langston did in my views was going against all odds to do what he wanted to do.
My character has inspired me by letting me know that I need to follow my own dreams and not everyone else’s. One way I would like to be like his is to be famous for following my dream of modeling.