About Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an influential American poet, social activist, and novelist, known for his significant contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. His work often explored themes of African American culture, race relations, social injustice, and the struggles of marginalized communities. Hughes’ poetry, essays, and plays celebrated Black heritage and aimed to highlight the realities of the Black experience in America.
177 Powerful Langston Hughes Quotes to Inspire You
Here are 177 Powerful quotes by Langston Hughes on various topics to inspire you.
18. “If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to be a buffalo without being shot down, there ought to be some place where a Negro can be a Negro without being Jim Crowed.”
Langston Hughes
Racial Equality, Freedom, Social Justice, Civil Rights, Metaphor
19. “Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it, what you wish in your secret heart were not funny, but it is, and you must laugh. Humor is your own unconscious therapy. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air, and you.”
Langston Hughes Humor, Resilience, Therapy, Self-reflection, Emotional Healing
21. “To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro—and beautiful!'”
Langston Hughes Art, Racial Identity, Self-acceptance, Cultural Pride, Artistic Responsibility
24. “We represent the end of race. And the Fascists know that when there is no more race, there will be no more capitalism, and no more war, and no more money for the munition makers, because the workers of the world will have triumphed.”
Langston Hughes Race, Capitalism, War, Workers’ Rights, Political Ideology
