Hughes entered Columbia University after graduating from high school in Cleveland, but he didn’t graduate, opting to leave due to discrimination he faced as a Black student.
Hughes entered Columbia University after graduating from high school in Cleveland, but he didn’t graduate, opting to leave due to discrimination he faced as a Black student. He later received a B.A. at Lincoln University and published poetry in the NAACP’s The Crisis magazine. He published poems, short stories and more. His most popular poems include "Let America be America Again," "I, Too,” “Mother to Son” and “Harlem.” He’s considered one of the defining poets of the 20th century. You can read Langston Hughes’ work in the books The Weary Blues and Not Without Laughter, available from publisher Penguin Random House.