This week’s question asked at Southwest Junior High School:

What have you learned about Langston Hughes during his 100th birthday celebration?

Amy Breithaupt, 13 years old, seventh grade
“He went to New York School, Central Junior High and Pinckney.”

Megan Walker, 15 years old, ninth grade
“He went to Pinckney, and he had to sit in the back row because black kids had to sit in the back row.”

Kelsey Amos, 13 years old, seventh grade
“There’s a school in town named after him. I went there.”

Mary Schilleci, 12 years old, seventh grade
“He spent his childhood in Lawrence.”

Margo Cole, 13 years old, eighth grade
“He’s a poet who lived in Lawrence for a while.”

Katie Farmer, 13 years old, eighth grade
“He was really popular in the 1930s. I read a book of his once.”

Jessica Heinen, 15 years old, ninth grade
“He went to Central and Pinckney schools here in Lawrence.”