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I wonder as i wander hughes5/8/2023 He wrote two autobiographies, The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander. I wonder as I wander.On the macro and micro levels, wandering is in the nature of all things in heaven and on earth. His plays exploring working-class African American life had a major influence on Broadway and American theater. He was active in the fight to free the Scotsboro Defendants and was a journalist in Spain during the struggle for the Republic. His column introduced the legendary character Simple. He was a journalist and for many years wrote for the Chicago Defender. While never joining the CPUSA, Hughes traveled widely including to the young Soviet Union and wrote many radical and pro-working class poems. A major contributor to the Renaissance, Hughes was also part of its left contingent along with other writers like Richard Wright who joined the Communist Party. The poem was a stunning debut and gained the young poet wide acclaim. While here, Hughes wrote many notable works centered around African-American life and culture, including Montage of a Dream Deferred and I Wonder as I Wander. One of his first poems “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” was published by W.E.B. Langston Hughes, celebrated poet and leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, lived on the top floor of this Harlem rowhouse from 1947 to 1967. Considered to be the poet laureate of the African American people, Hughes came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. On this date in 1902 poet ,activist, and playwright Langston Hughes was born in Joplin Missouri.
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