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Date:
School:
Facilitator:
3.01 Langston Hughes
Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences using Langston Hughes’s
“When the Negro Was in Vogue.” Include evidence from the text to support your answers.
1. Based on this excerpt, what are some of the key aspects of Harlem life during this time?
2. What is Hughes’s tone towards African American entertainers?
3. What is Hughes’s tone towards the nightclub owners?
4. What does the Cotton Club represent for African Americans?
5. What is Hughes’s tone towards the white tourists?
6. What irony is presented in the situations described in this excerpt?
7. What does Hughes mean by the phrase “the Negro was in vogue”?
8. How could you describe Hughes’s style of writing? Provide evidence from the text to
support your analysis.