His writing career began the year after he graduated from high school with the 1921 poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” His first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, followed in 1926. Throughout his work, ...
THE LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT: ASK YOUR MAMA (12 MOODS FOR JAZZ) Comes to the Lakewood Cultural Center
Experience the fusion of jazz and poetry as Lakewood Cultural Center hosts ASK YOUR MAMA, featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet, ...
Poet Langston Hughes took a Scranton audience on a journey through his life and the lives of Black people in America. He began his lecture at the Century Club by describing how people would never see ...
The Lakewood Cultural Center Presents 2025-2026 season is generously supported by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities ...
Langston Hughes didn't spend much of his childhood in Missouri, but the poet's presence lingers. Hughes, one of our truest American compasses, entered the world on the first day of February 1901, born ...
Founded in 1994, the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading shares the work and wisdom of the Harlem Renaissance poet with the Providence community. The event brings together artists and community ...
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