Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Treshia Alveranga

Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Missouri. In Ohio he was writing poem Langston Hughes recevied a scholarship to Lincoln university where his b.a. degree in 1929. Langston was a prolific writer. Langston Hughes was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Harlem renaissance, which was the African American artistic movement in the 1920 that celebrated black life and culture . In the Harlem renaissance they had a strong sense of racial pride. In May of 1967 he died of cancer.

April rain song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night and I love rain

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