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Langston Hughes was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, which was the African American artistic movement in the 1920s that celebrated black life and culture. Hughes's creative genius was influenced by his life in New York City's Harlem, a primarily African American neighborhood. His literary works helped shape American literature and politics. Hughes, like others active in the Harlem Renaissance, had a strong sense of racial pride. Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books, he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor, and spirituality.
John Lawhorn is an internationally acclaimed music educator. He has conducted music seminars in major cities across the U.S, as well as Africa, Germany, Rome, London and Paris. He appeared as pianist with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra and was Keynote speaker at the International Communications and Arts Conference in Florence Italy.
After retirement from education Mr. Lawhorn added acting to his musical repetoire. Since then, his acting career has included film, TV & theater with memorable performances in White Lie with Gregory Hines, In The Heat of The Night with Carroll O'Connor, and August Wilson's Piano Lesson.
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