Langston Hughes poems are about the ordinary Black man ... As for his poetry, it is as varied as the forms he wrote in. Hughes published works dealing with racism, Black history and conditions ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the ...

In that time he was writing poems too, and a novel ... days' of the second Five Year Plan and in Spain in 1937, Langston Hughes' journey from 1930 to 1937 paralleled those of many writers and ...

As an adult, he wrote 16 books of poems ... called before McCarthy’s committee in 1953 and 1954. Poet and author Langston Hughes speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in ...

The program, “A Langston Hughes Memorial Evening,” was ... of Hughes’ “Simple” stories from the poet, with these words written on the flyleaf: “I wish the rent / Was heaven sent.” ...

American Experience is thrilled to feature award-winning poet Jericho Brown as the voice of Langston Hughes. Illustrations by Jonell Joshua.