We are always in dialogue with Langston Hughes' short poem Harlem, first published in 1951. I can hear Hughes in the background of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. I hear Hughes’ poetic ...

Sharon Cook, retired English and theater educator from the Norfolk Public Schools, clearly loves her Langston — that’s poet Langston Hughes, of course. Cook begins her taut, well-directed production ...

Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers / Series 4: Printed Material Sponsor Funding for the 2007 processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American ...

For good measure, Cook adds choral recitation from two more Hughes poems, one before each of the two remaining acts. Hansberry explains in the script: “The action of the play is set in Chicago’s ...