Question

How did W.E.B. DuBois, founding member of the NAACP, influence Langston Hughes? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

Answer:

• Dubois, editor of The Crisis, published Hughes's first poem.
• Dubois asked Hughes to respond to Schuyler's essay criticizing Negro art.

W. E. B. DuBois was an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author, writer and editor. He was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as a proponent of Pan-Africanism. He strongly protested against lynching and Jim Crow laws. He was a prolific author and editor of the NAACP's journal The Crisis.

Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist and columnist. He was an innovator in jazz poetry and is known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

Answer 2

Dubois, editor of the crisis, published Hughes first poem
Dubois asked Hughes to respond to schyulers essay criticizing negro art