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02683aam a22005298i 4500 001 8D87C9DABB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240125010040 008 230907s2024 nyu j b 000 0beng 010 $a 2023039981 020 $a 0593658558 020 $a 9780593658550 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 818/.5209 082 00 $a B $2 23/eng/20230907 100 1 $a Merrell, Billy, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Who was Langston Hughes? / $c by Billy Merrell ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland. 263 $a 2402 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Workshop, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 490 0 $a Who was? 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Who was Langston Hughes? -- Growing up Black -- Class poet -- Far from home -- Reborn in Harlem -- Always moving on -- Poet on tour -- Finding community abroad -- Political poet -- The dream keeper -- Timelines. 520 $a "Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry books during his lifetime. He was an activist and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance period"-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 $a Ages 8-12 $b Penguin Workshop 600 10 $a Hughes, Langston, $q (Lengston), $d 1902(2-1967(B $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Poets, American $y 20th century $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a African American poets $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a African Americans in literature $v Juvenile literature. 700 1 $a Copeland, Gregory, $e illustrator. 941 $a 15 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20240820010752.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240802012526.0 952 $l OJPC027 $d 20240709140301.0 $m J BIO HUG 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20240606010714.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010440.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240507010355.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20240410010303.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012759.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240316010213.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20240302011239.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20240301010155.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240224011031.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20240223010301.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20240207010137.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240202022027.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D87C9DABB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search