In large graven letters on the wall of the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is a quote from poet Langston Hughes: “I, too, am America ...

With “too,” the “darker brother” narrator in the Langston Hughes poem “I, Too” claims a space where none was given. He declares his own right to “sing America,” concluding that one ...

Analysis: Hughes’s poem is a powerful assertion of black identity and equality.The narrator proclaims, “I, too, sing America, ...

To mark Juneteenth this week (June 19th), here in this column is an abridged version of Langston Hughes’ poem, “Let America ...

Langston Hughes, the great Black ... Though Hughes did not garner much attention from America’s writers during ... I’m just a shepherd boy,/ Very poor I am—/ But I know there is/ A King ...

Langston Hughes is best known for writing powerful poetry and prose. Less known is that he was also a librettist. At a 1957 visit to the University of Illinois, he gave a poetry reading and ...

I look at the world. By Langston Hughes. I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black face — And this is what I see: This fenced-off narrow space Assigned to me. I look then at the silly ...

In large graven letters on the wall of the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is a quote from poet Langston Hughes: “I, too, am America.” ...