{"id":46,"date":"2015-07-12T19:29:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader2\/?post_type=chapter&p=46"},"modified":"2022-07-22T19:53:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:53:04","slug":"chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader2\/chapter\/chapter-5\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 5","rendered":"Chapter 5"},"content":{"raw":"

Click play on the following audio player to listen along as you read this section.<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/media.bccampus.ca\/id\/0_9ud5bfgo?width=608&height=70&playerId=23449753\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_61\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"360\"]\".\"<\/a> Langston Hughes at university[\/caption]\r\n\r\nLangston went to live with his dad when he was 17. His dad lived in Mexico. This was a sad time in his life. Langston and his dad did not get along. His dad did not want Langston to write poems. His dad had a lot of shame about being black. But Langston was proud. He wrote poems to tell other black people to feel proud, too. One example is a poem called \u201cMy People.\u201d\r\n

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The night is beautiful,<\/p>\r\n

So the faces of my people.<\/p>\r\n

The stars are beautiful,<\/p>\r\n

So the eyes of my people.<\/p>\r\n

Beautiful, also, is the sun.<\/p>\r\n

Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.<\/p>\r\n

- from \"My People<\/a>\" in The Crisis<\/em> (October 1923)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_102\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"214\"]\".\"<\/a> Langston Hughes in high school[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter high school, Langston went to university to study science. His wish was to study English. But his dad would not let him. A lot of people at university treated him badly because he was black. So Langston dropped out after two years. Then he went to work. He was a cook. He washed clothes. He worked on a ship. He also worked as a busboy at a hotel. He cleaned tables and dishes. But he still dreamed of being a poet.\r\n

See Chapter 5<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>in BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English - Course Pack 2<\/a><\/em>.<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"

Click play on the following audio player to listen along as you read this section.<\/p>\n