Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

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Across
  1. 1. Langston ____ is widely regarded as one of America's greatest poets.
  2. 3. Hughes overcame a ____ home to fulfill his dreams
  3. 6. A love of ___ was important to Carrie Hughes.
  4. 8. Hughes' poem was published in a New York _____.
  5. 10. State in which Langston Hughes was born.
  6. 12. The Harlem Race _____ of 1935 was a death knell for the Harlem Renaissance.
  7. 13. Hughes' father moved to ____, Mexico.
Down
  1. 2. Hughes' father agreed to pay for college if he studied this.
  2. 4. Hughes and many others were a part of the ___ Renaissance.
  3. 5. Hughes' father wanted to be a ____.
  4. 7. Hughes overcame _____ prejudice to fulfill his dreams.
  5. 9. The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age for ____ American artists, writers, and musicians.
  6. 11. Many Blacks moved to Harlem from the ____.