"Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902, to Carrie Langston Hughes and James Hughes. His mother, Carrie, or Carolina, was born near Lakeview in Douglas County, Kansas and attended school in Lawrence. Shortly after her son was born she brought him to Lawrence where he spent much of the years 1903 to 1915. During Hughes' boyhood Lawrence's population was about 12,000, 20% of whom were African American."
An Exhibition Portfolio from The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
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