Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and ...

In that time he was writing poems too, and a novel ... days' of the second Five Year Plan and in Spain in 1937, Langston Hughes' journey from 1930 to 1937 paralleled those of many writers and ...

Langston Hughes is seen as one of the leading ... His work has been featured in Downbeat Magazine, All About Jazz and more. Making a conscious effort to stay away from Hughes’ poems that explicitly ...

“All ‘isms’ have influenced me one ... called before McCarthy’s committee in 1953 and 1954. Poet and author Langston Hughes speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in ...

But, after all, that’s the experience of the black ... in part because he read Langston Hughes’ poem “Ballad of the Landlord” to his class: Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak.

American Experience is thrilled to feature award-winning poet Jericho Brown as the voice of Langston Hughes. Illustrations by Jonell Joshua.