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As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from.

Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
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Joplin
Missouri
James Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes
Trouble
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Harlem
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Georgia
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