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| − | '''Langston Hughes''' is a famous [[Harlem]] | + | '''Langston Hughes''' is a famous [[w:Harlem Renaissance|Harlem Renaissance]] poet who attended the School of Mines (now [[SEAS]]) at the urging of his father, an engineer, for the [[1921]]-[[1922]] year. Needless to say, poetry does not go well with problem sets, and he dropped out, though the [[Office of Undergraduate Admissions|admissions department]] likes to tout him as an alum.<ref>[http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/university/ Undergraduate Admissions - Intro to Columbia]</ref> Oh yeah, and his departure may have had something to do with institutional racism too. |
His famous poem "Theme for English B" was written for a required course at Columbia: | His famous poem "Theme for English B" was written for a required course at Columbia: | ||
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Revision as of 16:01, 23 July 2010
Langston Hughes is a famous Harlem Renaissance poet who attended the School of Mines (now SEAS) at the urging of his father, an engineer, for the 1921-1922 year. Needless to say, poetry does not go well with problem sets, and he dropped out, though the admissions department likes to tout him as an alum.[1] Oh yeah, and his departure may have had something to do with institutional racism too. His famous poem "Theme for English B" was written for a required course at Columbia: "The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you--- Then, it will be true. I wonder if it's that simple? I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem. I went to school there, then Durham, then here to this college on the hill above Harlem. I am the only colored student in my class."
