Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes was greatly influenced by a family member who was his

• mother

• grandmother

• aunt

• sister

Langston Hughes was a poet, activist, columnist (newspaper writer) and also

• he wrote plays

• he wrote cook books

• he wrote laws

• he wrote music

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Langston Hughes grandmother, Mary Hughes was

• the first black female writer

• the first black woman to graduate college

• the first black woman to attend Oberlin College

• the first black woman to become published

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Langston Hughes wrote A Negro Speaks of Rivers while traveling on a train to

• Harlem

• Canada

• Los Angeles

• Mexico

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The Weary Blues poem won a contest and awarded Langston Hughes a scholarship to

• Lincoln Universtiy

• Oberlin College

• Paris Conservatory

• Harvard

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Langston Hughes lived with his dad in

• African

• France

• Canada

• Mexico

Langston Hughes was a frequent traveler - however he did not travel to

• France

• Africa

• Alaska

• Asia

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The Harlem Renaissance is a

• type of art

• type of social movement

• type of city

• type of music

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Some black men during the time of the Harlem Renaissance wore

• leapard skin

• zoot suits

• jeans

• jewelry

The Harlem Renaissance took place in the middle of

• Manhattan, New York

• The Bronx, New York

• Los Angeles

• Chicago