Analysing the poetry of Langston Hughes in the sense of Harlem Renaissance and jazz music

Langston Hughes is accepted as one of the pioneers of African American writers due to the fact that he wrote many poems against racism, discrimination, and prejudices by harmonising jazz elements in his poetry. Hughes, one of the most important names of the Harlem Renaissance as a poet, playwright, social critic, activist, and composer, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1961, the highest distinction in America for an artist. The aim of this study is to examine how the poet contextualises racism and experiences of African Americans in jazz poetry which he wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, a crucial period of cultural change and in the development of twentieth century African American literature. Langston Hughes has inspired other activists, poets, and musicians with his works such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", "I, Too, Sing America", and "The Weary Blues". Hughes has been entitled as "the poet laureate of the man in the ghetto street" in the Washington Post. The main aim of this study is to evaluate jazz poetry of Langston Hughes within the frame of racism and jazz elements.