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| + | '''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, during which he lived in [[Hartley Hall]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=-nt1xVR4SrAC&lpg=PA7&ots=r_eXPXbf4T&dq=columbia%20%22lived%20in%20livingston%22&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false The Beat Generation in NY, p. 6]</ref>. 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> His departure may have had something to do with institutional racism. | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | *[http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/langston_hughes.html C250 Columbians Ahead of their Time - Langston Hughes] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:08, 21 October 2012
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, during which he lived in Hartley Hall[1]. He dropped out, though the admissions department likes to tout him as an alum.[2] His departure may have had something to do with institutional racism.
