James Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was one of the major players in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His writings about life in Harlem during that time made me feel like I was there. In the 125th Street subway station there are large portraits of life in this black mecca during the 1920s and 1930s.
Hughes' work took in the whole breadth of life. Poems such as Dreams and Montage of a Dream Deferred reflect this. Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of his influences (mine too). Hughes is one of my top five influences.
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