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African-Native-American: Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison
February 15, 2012 Langston Hughes. African-American, of course. Yet a not insignificant fact about his biography is that his both his maternal grandparents, Mary Patterson and Charles Henry Langston, were of mixed races: African-American, Native American, and European. Hughes did … Continue reading
Posted in African-American literature, contemporary poetry, mixed races, Native-American literature, slavery, Twentieth century literature
Tagged A Mercy, African American history, Ardelia Wilis, Charles Henry Hughes, John Solomon Willis, Langston Hughes, Mary Patterson Hughes, Native American history, Simon Ortiz, Song of Solomon, Tiya Miles, Toni Morrison
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