... in 1855. His childhood was marked by poverty and the separation of his parents ripped him apart, living with his mother, father and grandmother. He lived in Mexico, Topeka, Kansas, Colorado, Indiana, and Buffalo. At age thirteen he moved back with his mother, who now was remarried. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, for his stepfathers work. Langston was interested in ... famous poems, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". It appeared in the African-American journal crisis in 1921."(Langston Hughes) Soon later, his father paid his tuition to go to Columbia University to study engineering beca...

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