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What was Hughes lifespan?
1901-67
Where was Hughes born?
Joplin, Missouri
When did Hughes arrive in Harlem?
1922
When was The Weary Blues collection published?
1926
How old was Hughes when he published his first collection?
24
What was Hughes’s first collection?
The Weary Blues
What writings did Hughes make?
Poetry, two autobiographies, a novel, essays, liner notes, librettos, short stories, plays, and stories and histories for children
What did Hughes believe was the purpose of poetry and art?
Amplify the voices of the oppressed
What university did Hughes visit in 1928?
Lincoln University
Hughes’s early travels to Mexico inspired what poems?
“In a Mexican City” and “Mexican market Woman”
AS Hughes grew older, what countries did he become interested in?
Ones that differed from the US in their approach to racial justice
Who described Hughes’s “international odyssey”?
Phillip Kaisary
What countries did Hughes travel to?
Haiti, Cuba, USSR, and West Africa
What did Hughes encounter in his international travels?
Radical forms of social solidarity
Why was Hughes interested in using blues and jazz as a structure?
To experiment formally and ground Black expression
When did Hughes write “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”?
1926
When was The Weary blues written?
1926