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Similarities Between Maya Angelou And Langston Hughes

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In this essay i will be comparing maya angelou and langston hughes. Maya angelou was born in 1928 and Langston hughes was born in 1902. langston and maya was both born in missouri Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright maya angelou was an american author and maya was inspired by langston hughes. also maya and langston both wrote poems and books. maya angelou was a singer and a dancer langston hughes maya angelou was born Marguerite Johnson but she went by maya angelou also maya angelou was a civil rights activist and she met DR. Martin Luther King. In 2010 she was awarded the medal of arts by president bill clinton maya angelou most famous work was i know why the caged bird sings which was wrote in 1960.

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