Langston Hughes was first published during the glory years of the Harlem Renaissance. “The Weary Blues” (Knopf, $26), was his first book of poetry published in 1926. It is being reissued this month ...

Langston Hughes is now most widely known in the context of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, which draws its title from Hughes’s “Harlem.” The poem asks, “What happens to a dream deferred?

Jazz trumpeter Ron McCurdy picked up where poet Langston Hughes left off. A former professor at University of Minnesota, McCurdy created an educational, multimedia piece for a Harlem ...

Martin Luther King Jr.‘s dream – which alternated between shattered and hopeful – can be traced back to Hughes’ poetry. AP Photo For years, Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Langston Hughes maintained a ...

It was a Fourth of July weekend that promised fun, and young people came in droves to a be a part of it. The 1960 Newport Jazz Festival offered a beach-party atmosphere and live music by the likes of ...

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 ...

I learned that Langston Hughes wrote a poem about Black voters in Miami while researching a story six years ago. In “The Ballad of Sam Solomon,” Hughes documents how Overtown resident Samuel B.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Langston Hughes has always held a special place in my heart—not just as a literary icon, but as a voice that’s guided me through different chapters of life. His words are like old ...