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Langston Hughes
Books
Not Without Laughter- Novel
Published in 1930, Hughes first novel, and major work of prose. Focuses on Sandy's "awakening to the sad and the beautiful realities of black life in Kansas"
The Big Sea
An Autobiography about Hughes coming of age in the early 1920s and the memorable years he spent in Harlem and Paris.
First Book of Negros
The first title about a group of people that focused on a race rather than a nationality or geographic region.
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