Langston Hughes was a highly influential writer; with plays, essays. music, children's books, and poetry, he promoted equality and rejected prejudice whose works still influence literature today. Also he was a prolific writer, which means he produced a lot of works (fiction books, poetry, anthologies, musicals, plays, etc.) Harlem Renaissance
was an African American cultural movement.It was centered around Harlem, a suburb of New York City. Took place 1920s to 1930s.