Remembering Langston Hughes: His Art, Life, and Legacy Fifty Years Later is a local and national forum on Langston Hughes. Since his death in May 1967, his art, particularly his […]
Hilton Als writes on Langston Hughes and the poet’s reluctance to reveal himself.
I just picked up a vintage copy of “The First Book of Jazz” by Langston Hughes (1955). The illustrations by Cliff Roberts are incredible. The style reminds me of one of my favorite jazz…
Langston Hughes Poems-literary classics
Langston Hughes, born in 1901 in Missouri, was the legendary African American poet, novelist, essayist, playwright and social activist. Known
Langston Hughes Poems-literary classics
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James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) Portrait of author Langston Hughes. Handwritten on back: "Langston Hughes." Courtesy of the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African...
John Mercer Langston, the youngest of four children, was born a free #black in Louisa County, Virginia in 1829. Langston gained distinction as an abolitionist, politician, and attorney. Despite the prominence of his slaveowner father, Ralph Quarles, Langston took his surname from his mother, Lucy Langston, an emancipated slave of Indian�...
The writer made his mark in this artistic movement by breaking boundaries with his poetry and the renaissance's lasting legacy.
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Langston Hughes Poems-literary classics
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It’s Tuesday, so per usual I have a new poem of mine up over on 5×500. It’s a dream poem about whatever the hell dream poems are about. You could sadly say that today’s Natio…
Langston Hughes, African-American, poet, Back experience, Columbia University, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, W.E.B. Dubois, Vachel Lindsay, Jazz poems, Let America Be America Again, Communist Party, homosexuality,
