what were his political views?
He was drawn to Communism
Langston Hughes
Hughes was drawn to Communism as an alternative to a segregated America. Many of his lesser-known political writings have been collected in two volumes published by the University of Missouri Press and reflect his attraction to Communism. An example is the poem "A New Song".

In 1932, Hughes became part of a group of black people who went to the Soviet Union to make a film depicting the plight of African Americans in the United States. The film was never made, but Hughes was given the opportunity to travel extensively through the Soviet Union and to the Soviet-controlled regions in Central Asia, the latter parts usually closed to Westerners. While there, he met Robert Robinson, an African American living in Moscow and unable to leave. In Turkmenistan, Hughes met and befriended the Hungarian author Arthur Koestler, then a Communist who was given permission to travel there.

As later noted in Koestler's autobiography, Hughes, together with some forty other Black Americans, had originally
the event marking the beginning of the renaissance period was The transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, It occurred after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages what is this term used to describe? Modernity, great social change, humanism, artistic developments where did it spread from? From Florence to the rest of Italy and soon to the rest of Europe. are there any other types of it? Yes - Bengal Renaissance, Tamil Renaissance, Nepal Bhasa renaissance, al-Nahda or the Harlem Renaissance. when did the last mentioned type occur? In the 1920s how was it criticized? A more severe criticism of the Christian religion can be found in Langston Hughes' poem "Merry Christmas", where he exposes the irony of religion as a symbol for good and yet a force for oppression and injustice. who is the poet that is mentioned? James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. when was he born? Joplin, Missouri who were his ancestors? Sam Clay, Silas Cushenberry, Mary Patterson, Charles Henry Langston,  Carrie Langston Hughes, James Nathaniel Hughes can you mention some of his work? The Weary Blues, The Big Sea when did he die? May 22, 1967 how did he die? From complications after abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer.
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Langston Hughes [SEP] Political views
Hughes was drawn to Communism as an alternative to a segregated America. Many of his lesser-known political writings have been collected in two volumes published by the University of Missouri Press and reflect his attraction to Communism. An example is the poem "A New Song". In 1932, Hughes became part of a group of black people who went to the Soviet Union to make a film depicting the plight of African Americans in the United States. The film was never made, but Hughes was given the opportunity to travel extensively through the Soviet Union and to the Soviet-controlled regions in Central Asia, the latter parts usually closed to Westerners.