8 quotes to celebrate Langston Hughes on his 113th birthday
American poet and writer Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967). Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Feb. 1, 2015 would have been the 113th birthday of Langston Hughes, the African-American jazz poet and social activist who became the leader of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. Hughes is also the subject of Sunday’s Google Doodle, which kicks off the start of Black History Month this year. We made a doodle …