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Langston Hughes A newborn baby cries because he wants attention from his parents who are fighting in the other room. The parents discontinue the bickering and tend to their sweet little baby boy. When he is present, the arguing stops for the combating parents, and this seems to be the only time and place that they can get along. The baby looks at them and smiles, and it brings tears upon both of their faces. They look at each other and forget what was said in the past, and share a long, wondrous kiss. Although Langston Hughes’ parents separated soon after his birth, his grandmother raised him very well. Because she did so, he grew up to be a very inspiring poet for African-Americans and many other races around the world. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His parents, James Nathaniel and Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes separated shortly after their son’s birth. (Students 62) Because of their separation, Hughes’ Grandmother, Mary Leary Langston, raised him until her death. She was the first black woman to attend Oberlin College and it was her that was responsible for the inspiration of Hughes’ hunger for books and his value on hughes, langston, galecom, students, hughes’, after, 62, parents, school, lincoln, attended, while, very, poet, new, harlem, first, family, criticism, because, american, 233, year, writing, writer, world, worked, visit, university, travels, time, stories, short, separated, raised