James Langston Hughes, a black poet, was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from Lincoln University at Lincoln, Pennsylvania in 1929. A flyer was sent out advertising a luncheon at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel on November 15, 1940, featuring Langston Hughes, the author of the poem "Goodby Christ." In 1943, Hughes had a publication entitled "A New Song" published by the International Workers Order, Incorporated, 50 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York. Hughes was in Chicago from March 28, 1949, through June 10, 1949, working as a visiting lecture on poetry at the Laboratory School, which is the University High School of the University of Chicago. In 1951, Hughes lived in New York City and was a poet, lecturer and an author. In January 1951, he completed a book entitled "Simple Speaks His Mind."