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Langston Hughes

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An African American poet and writer whose 1926 essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" addressed the role of Black artists in the New Negro movement.

AP course connection

Topic 3.11: 3.11 The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance

Unit 3