A new exhibit at the Joplin History Museum is dedicated to Joplin native and African American poet, Langston Hughes. ...

Langston Hughes is known as the people’s poet. I would say Biggers is the people’s painter. The man and the work are one.” ...

Ohio-born poet Paul Laurence Dunbar will be in the spotlight on Feb. 23 as St. Paul Lutheran Church in Massillon hosts a ...

art, theater and scholarship of which Langston Hughes was a central figure. The medal is awarded to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora. It recognizes ...

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an author and theater artist historian. The exhibit highlights the contributions of more than 40 trailblazers, including legends like Duke Ellington, Lorraine Hansberry and Langston Hughes.

In a scene from a new documentary about spoken word poet Caleb Rainey, he reads from his poem “Look, Black Boy,” which also is the title of his debut book and first album. “Remember, being ...

Long before Aaron McGruder's brilliant 'Boondocks' there was an American Master that refused to stay within the lines with ...

Springfield, Illinois, hosts a series of free events for Black History Month, featuring tours, films, and exhibitions on ...

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly paid tribute to Black History Month during a gathering in the rotunda of the Capitol honoring ...

What will you be doing this weekend around the Jersey Shore? Cupid's Undie Run, Chili Cook-Off, Black History Month ...

This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, ...