Harlem by Langston Hughes

During the 1920s and 1930s who influenced American culture with his poetry that depicted the lives of African Americans?

• Langston Hughes

• Duke Ellington

• Luis Armstrong

• Jesse Owens

Which movement influenced Langston Hughes' poetry?

• Women's Suffrage

• Westward Expansion

• Civil Rights Act

• Harlem Renaissance

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: American Poet

Hint Two: Known for being part of the Harlem Renaissance

• Barrick Obama

• Teddy Rosevelt

• Langston Hughes

• Garrett Morgan

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

• 1920s

• 1930s

Langston Hughes is known as the first African American to ___.

• write poetry.

• be an editor of a high school yearbook.

• make decent money as a writer.

• be honored by the U.S. Postal Service.

What does Langston discover about his namesake, Langston Hughes, from his perspective?

• Hughes was a famous chef.

• Hughes was a famous artist.

• Hughes was a famous poet.

• Hughes was a famous fisherman.

What did Langston write about in his poems?

• his family

• African American culture and history

• literature

• jazz music

A time when black began to celebrate their culture was known as...

• Harlem, New York

• Harlem Renaissance

• African American Culture

• Jazz Age

Where did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

• Illinois

• Missouri

• New York

• Pennsylvania

What is the central theme of Langston Hughes' poem 'Harlem'?

• A) The American Dream

• B) Deferred dreams

• C) Love and loss

• D) Nature's beauty