Happy Black History Month
Happy Black History Month
On February 1st, 1865 the 13th Amendment was adopted and chattel slavery was abolished. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1902. Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance he was a poet, activist, novelist, play write and columnist. He was also a leader in the art of jazz poetry. Poetry that demonstrates jazz like rhythms or the feel of improvisation. You know like rap…
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