My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene Dietrich, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Henry Armstrong. Langston Hughes andersonbethunecarl share on social
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. Langston Hughes discoverlifeway Change image and share on social
Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours. Langston Hughes americabadlyearly share on social
One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud. Langston Hughes bookchildgreat Change image and share on social
