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Showing posts with label social activist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social activist. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

Langston Hughes

Hughes in 1902

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". 1936 photo by Carl Van Vechten
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Elizabeth Stanton

Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton with her sons Daniel and Henry, 1848.



Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca FallsNew York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements in the United States.

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim", "Lucky Lindy", and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
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Friday, August 31, 2012

James Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist,  novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry.
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