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	John Mercer Langston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Langston was born free in 1829 in Louisa County Virginia, the youngest of four children.
		Langston married Caroline Wall, a senior in the literary department at Oberlin, settled in Brownhelm, OH and established a law practice.
		Langston saw that the rights of newly freed slaves were protected as Educational Inspector for the Freedman's Bureau, He traveled throughout the South advocating educational opportunity, political equality and economic justice coupled with individual responsibility.
	www.oberlin.edu /external/EOG/OYTT-images/JMLangston.html (886 words)

	Langston Hughes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist.
		Hughes was born James Mercer Langston Hughes in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Carrie Langston Hughes, a teacher, and her husband, James Nathaniel Hughes, who left the United States for Mexico due to enduring racism.
		In Langston Hughes: An Introduction to the Poetry by Onwuchekwa Jemie, Hughes is quoted as saying his father, a fl man, "despised Negroes".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Langston_Hughes (1061 words)

	Langston Hughes
		Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri.
		She told Langston stories of his ancestors who were involved in politics and education.
		Langston Hughes was one of the first writers to use this form in literature.
	www.chatham.edu /PTI/Twenties/Baumann_01.htm (4217 words)

	Langston, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Langston is a town located in Logan County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.
		McCabe helped to lead a migration of fl settlers from southern states who hoped to escape discrimination by creating a majority-fl state in what was then the Territory of Oklahoma.
		He named the town for John Mercer Langston, a fl member of the 51st United States Congress from Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Langston,_Oklahoma (484 words)

	John Mercer Langston - African American Historical Figure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		John Mercer Langston was the first Black American elected to public office in the United States and was twice suggested as a candidate for vice-president of the United States on the republican ticket.
		Langston was elected town clerk and allied himself with the Republican Party as was common among Blacks in the 19th century.
		Langston was appointed to the diplomatic corps and served in Haiti for eight years.
	www.brightmoments.com /blackhistory/njmlangst.html (500 words)

	Random House \| Authors \| Langston Hughes
		Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902.
		From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was America's acknowledged poet of color, the first to commemorate the experience--and suffering--of African-Americans in a voice that no reader, fl or white, could fail to hear. In this, his last collection of verse, Hughes's voice is more pointed than ever...
		Langston Hughes is widely remembered as a celebrated star of the Harlem Renaissance -- a writer whose bluesy, lyrical poems and novels still have broad appeal.
	www.randomhouse.com /author/results.pperl?authorid=13775 (555 words)

	Langston Hughes biography: African-American history: Crossing Boundaries: Kansas Humanities Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hughes's grandmother, Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston, was prominent in the African American community in Lawrence.
		Portrait of Langston Hughes, 1936 Feb. 29; by Carl Van Vechten, Library of Congress.
		Langston Hughes was, in his later years, deemed the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race," a title he encouraged.
	www.ku.edu /kansas/crossingboundaries/page6e1.html (1244 words)

	Langston Hughes
		Langston's father had studied very hard during his school days to be a lawyer, otherwise, he couldn't get a job.
		When Langston was 8 years old, he went to live with his grandmother because his mother can't afford to pay the rent for their house.
		Langston Hughes died at the age of 65 in New York City from complications of cancer-related surgery.
	www.kyrene.k12.az.us /schools/brisas/sunda/poets/hughes.htm (781 words)

	Lesson Plan - Langston Hughes
		James Langston Hughes was born in Missouri on February 1, 1902 to parents who soon separated.
		Langston's childhood was spent in the care of friends and relatives throughout the midwest and northeast.
		Langston felt frustrated at Columbia due to the coolness of his white peers.
	teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/hughes.html (1962 words)

	WeirdSpace Encyclopedia: Marcus Langston/Sentinel
		Langston was the field leader of Team Youngblood for a long time but was ultimately replaced by a younger version Sentinel II [Team Youngblood (vol.
		When Langston realized who had taken the book, he went to Riptide's room, while she was out walking, to take it back.
		Langston's plans, was revealed by Toby King who found the book, and he was put in the Hell of Mirrors in Supreme's Citadel [Judgment Day (vol.
	www.weirdspace.dk /Rob%20Liefeld/Marcus%20Langston.htm (429 words)

	91.03.01: Langston Hughes: Voice Among Voices
		Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902, spending most of his early years with his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas due to the separation of his mother and father.
		In 1915, Langston was summoned to Lincoln, Illinois to live with his mother Carrie and it was here, at Lincoln’s Central School, that Langston first began to write poetry and subsequently, later that year, he was elected eighth grade class poet.
		Langston created this poem as he was waiting for working opportunities in Genoa as one white sailor after another found passage as he was left behind.
	www.cis.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/3/91.03.01.x.html (5386 words)

	Langston Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Langston Hughes is often referred to as the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race." He was born in Joplin, Missouri February 1, 1902.
		Langston Hughes was descended from a distinguished family.
		Langston went to New York in September 1921 to attend Columbia University, although he later claimed that he really went there to see Harlem.
	www.duboislc.com /ShadesOfBlack/LangstonHughes.html (720 words)

	DCPL: Branches: Langston Community Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although the present Langston Community Library at 650 26th Street, N.E. was opened in April of 1983, the library's roots in the community extend back to 1943 when a subbranch of the D.C. Public Library was established there.
		The Langston portabranch was located on a parcel of land controlled by the D.C. Public Schools that was donated specifically for this use.
		Langston Community Library was opened with a permanent collection of 6,000 books supplemented by daily deliveries from the central library.
	www.dclibrary.org /branches/lan/history.html (1035 words)

	Hughes, Langston on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HUGHES, LANGSTON [Hughes, Langston] (James Langston Hughes), 1902-67, American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, b.
		Langston Hughes's Radical Poetry and the "End of Race".
		Langston Hughes Honored In Black Heritage Commemorative Stamp Series; USPS Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Black Heritage Series.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/h/hughesl1.asp (822 words)

	Snyder Langston - provides a full range of Design Build and Build to Suit Services - Snyder Langston offers ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Snyder Langston, one of Southern California’s largest and oldest builders/developers of commercial/industrial real estate, broke ground today, on a new 123,000-square-foot facility for The Midnight Mission, an independent social-service agency that is relocating in downtown Los Angeles to 6 th and San Pedro Streets.
		Snyder Langston is providing preconstruction services, value engineering and general contracting of the 93,000 SF shell and core of the three-story facility, which will include one level of below-grade parking, steel columns and concrete walls framing, and an exterior featuring a combination of smooth and split-face concrete masonry units.
		Snyder Langston was hired by South Coast Repertory Theatre to provide preconstruction services, including design analysis and extensive consulting with the ownership and development team during the early stages of construction, as well as assisting in the development of a thorough Project Definition.
	www.snyder-langston.com /web/qualifications/prtext.htm (10554 words)

	Langston Hughes : Bibliography
		By Arna Wendell Bontemps and Langston Hughes; illustrations by Peggy Turley.
		By Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston; edited by George Houston Bass and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and the complete story of the mule bone controversy.
		Langston Hughes An illustrated edition by Milton Meltzer; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/hughesbib.htm (1511 words)

	The Academy of American Poets - Langston Hughes
		James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri.
		He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself.
		Langston Hughes died of complications from prostate cancer in May 22, 1967, in New York.
	www.poets.org /poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0E01 (544 words)

	Langston Injured in Practice Crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Though the cause of the accident is still under investigation, Langston suffered compression bruises to his ankles and knees, rendering him unable to race this weekend at Round 13 of AMA/EA SPORTS Supercross at the Pontiac (Mich.) Silverdome.
		In addition, Langston was waiting on the results of an MRI today to determine if there was a fractured bone in one of his feet.
		For instance, last week at the St. Louis supercross, Langston was involved in a serious accident when he came off a triple jump and landed on fellow competitor Larry Ward, who had stopped in Langston’s landing area while the KTM rider was airborne.
	www.motorcycledaily.com /10april02langston.html (405 words)

	Langston Main Web Page
		Many Langstons are of African American descent, or Native America descent, or a combination of two, or three (John Mercer Langston pictured above, was of African American, Native American, and European descent), or even more backgrounds.
		Langstons led the way for white settlers, yet we subjugated our brothers and sisters and destroyed their way of life; we fought to bring freedom and democracy to our country and the world, yet we enslaved our sons and daughters.
		This will be of interest to Langston researchers as I am a descendent of James Langston, son of the elder Jechonias.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~tugaloo (613 words)

	L e a r n i n g from L a n g s t o n T e r r a c e (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Langston Terrace was the city's first federally-funded public housing program to be built.
		Opened in 1938, Langston Terrace housed Black low-income, working class families; it was one of 51 racially segregated projects built by the Public Works Administration as part of the New Deal.
		John Mercer Langston represented Virginia in the House of Representatives.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~kaq/langston.html (376 words)

	Langston Hughes @Web English Teacher
		Langston Hughes and the Blues from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
		As member of the committee you need to understand who Langston Hughes was and why he is deserving of a statue.
		NCTE is sponsoring Langston Hughes Poetry Circles with the Langston Hughes National Poetry Project at the University of Kansas-Lawrence and the Academy of American Poets.
	www.webenglishteacher.com /hughes.html (741 words)

	Langston Hughes in the Classroom
		Langston Hughes Mini-Unit Author: Sharla Beverly Related Topics: Music, Poetry, Civil Rights Movement, Geography, and Choral Reading Grade Level: 5th/6th Background: James Langston Hughes was born in Missouri on February 1, 1902 to parents who soon...
		LANGSTON HUGHES AND THE CHICAGO DEFENDER Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62 Edited by Christopher C. De Santis Langston Hughes is well known as a poet, playwright, novelist, social activist, communist sympathizer, and brilliant member...
		Langston Hughes Reads Langston Hughes Read by Langston Hughes "Langston Hughes belongs to whoever is listening.
	www.csuohio.edu /english/langston/links.html (610 words)

	Langston Hughes Symposium
		A Concordance to the Poetry of Langston Hughes.
		"With Langston Hughes in the U.S.S.R." Freedomways 8 152-158.
		Langston Hughes's Weary Blues http://www.geocities.com/xxxjorgexxx/hughes1.htm - poems in English and Spanish with audio clips of jazz accompaniment.
	www.kuce.org /hughes/resources.html (4601 words)

	MSN Encarta - Langston Hughes
		Langston Hughes (1902-1967), American writer, known for using the rhythms of jazz and of everyday fl speech in his poetry.
		James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri, and educated at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
		The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes was published in 1994.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556401/Langston_Hughes.html (603 words)

	Langston Hughes Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Modern American Poetry: Langston Hughes (1902-1967) This links to a biography by a major Hughes scholar, the text of Hughes' important essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," and many other resources.
		Langston Hughes (from Poetry and Prose of the Harlem Renaissance)
		The Langston Hughes page at the Ohioana Library site links to images of two typescript letters as well as some interesting pictures.
	gorams.wssu.edu /wallr/linkslhughes.htm (498 words)

	Voices and Visions Spotlight -- Langston Hughes
		Langston Hughes, among the most versatile and prolific of modern American authors, achieved distinction in poetry, fiction, and drama.
		But Hughes was never racist--he always sought to speak to all Americans, especially on the larger issues of social, economic, and political justice.
		Find out why Hughes was viewed as the unofficial poet laureate of his race in the exhibit, "Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and After." This site explores Harlem Renaissance poetry, presents Hughes reading "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," and offers a selection of Hughes's other poetry as well as a brief biography.
	www.learner.org /catalog/extras/vvspot/Hughes.html (326 words)

	Langston Hughes
		Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was a member of an abolitionist family.
		He was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston, brother of John Mercer Langston, who was the first Black American to be elected to public office, in 1855.
		Langston Hughes received a scholarship to Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. degree in 1929.
	www.redhotjazz.com /hughes.html (907 words)

	DICEY LANGSTON SPRINGFIELD
		Suddenly a wild shriek was heard; and his young daughter sprang between her aged parent and the fatal weapon.
		The deceased was the daughter of Solomon Langston of Revolutionary memory, whose family perhaps suffered more from the ruthless ravages of the Tories and Indians than almost any other, and the subject of this remark took an active part in the struggle and performed many daring deeds on behalf of her suffering country and friends.
		She was a kind and affectionate wife, mother, and neighbor, and has left a large circle of acquaintances to deplore her loss.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/2932/dicey.html (1436 words)

	Langston Hughes
		James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri.
		His mother was a school teacher, she also wrote poetry.
		Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /lhughes.htm (1725 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Langston Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Langston Hughes achieved fame as a poet during the burgeoning of the arts known as the Harlem Renaissance, but those who label him "a Harlem Renaissance poet" have restricted his fame to only one genre and decade.
		In addition to his work as a poet, Hughes was a novelist, columnist, playwright, and essayist, and though he is most closely associated with Harlem, his world travels influenced his writing in a profound way.
		Langston Hughes followed the example of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of his early poetic influences, to become the second African American to earn a living as a writer.
	www.galegroup.com /free_resources/bhm/bio/hughes_l.htm (2624 words)

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