The answer to the last trivia question is: Langston Hughes
Hughes was a leader in the Harlem Renaissance. An activist and poet, Hughes was also a playwright, novelist, and newspaper columnist. His first piece of jazz poetry, When Sue Wears Red, was written while he was still in high school. Hughes attended Columbia University and managed to maintain a B average. He left Columbia and finished college at Lincoln University where he earned a B.A. The poet was award a Litt.D. in 1943 and a second honorary doctorate would be awarded to him in 1963 by Howard University.
Langston Hughes spent time during the early 1920s in Paris as a part of the black expatriate community. Hughes died on 22 May 1967 from complications after abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer. He was 65 years old.
His works include:
The Crisis (1921)
The Weary Blues (1926)
Not Without Laughter (1930)
Shakespeare in Harlem (1942)
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes (1958)
Short Stories of Langston Hughes (published posthumously in 1996)
Famous Negro Heroes of America (1954)
and
Mule Bone with Zora Neale Hurston (1931)
Word for the Day: arrant (adj)-notoriously without moderation
Trivia Question for the Day: Who said, "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."?
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