Who was Langston Hughes?

•I am a musician

•I often sing about sadness

•I was called the ‘Empress of the Blues”

•I am a writer and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance

•I also was a teacher

•I helped other writers, including Langston Hughes

•I write novels

•Some of my topics have included the experience of migrant workers

•One of my famous novels is called Grapes of Wrath

•I am a composer

•Some of my famous pieces are "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Appalachian Spring", and "Rodeo"

•I wrote unique American classical music

•I am a poet

•My most famous collection of poems is called “Color”

•I encourage racial pride and spoke out against racism

-I married W.E.B. DuBois' daughter

•I am an Artist

Some of my most famous art is of flowers

•I am also known for painting cities and the Southwest

•I played piano

•I owned and lead the band at the Cotton Club in Harlem

•I am considered one of the best Jazz musicians of all time

•I am a famous author

•My book, The Great Gatsby was even made into a movie

•I wrote about social change, unhappy rich people, and greed.

•I am a writer and a filmmaker

•I wrote about the lives of African Americans living in the South

•I celebrated black culture during the Harlem Renaissance

-I was a cultural anthropologist, too

•This is one of my paintings

•I am an African American artist

I paint about the Great Migration

•I am a jazz musician

•My best instrument is the trumpet

•I am also known for my unique voice and the unique way I played the trumpet

-I am a famous composer

-One of my famous works is "Rhapsody in Blue"

-I wrote musical theater with my brother Ira

-My music used classical and jazz together

-I am an author of the Harlem Renaissance

-I discovered many Harlem Renaissance authors

-I was an editor of DuBois' magazine, The Crisis