Langston's father wanted him to pursue engineering which he did at Columbia University before dropping out.
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After leaving Columbia Langston Hughes traveled through Europe and Africa.
Upon his return to the United States, Langston earned his BA in English from Lincoln University. One of his classmates was future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Langston Hughes wrote a play that opened on Broadway in 1935, titled Mulatto.
During the McCarthyism era Langston Hughes was detained for questioning because of his fascination with Communism which he developed during his trips to the Soviet Union.
Langston Hughes most famous poem was 'Negro Speaks of Rivers' which he wrote in high school.
His epitaph came from this poem - 'my soul has grown deep as the rivers'.
Langston Hughes autobiography titles The Big Sea was published when he was 28 years old.
Langston Hughes lived at East 127th Street in Harlem, which has since becom