Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and poet to make his living through his words. He led the Harlem ...

“Dream Variations” is a celebration of black identity and a hopeful vision for a future free from racial oppression. Finish ...

After giving a poetry reading at Fisk University in Nashville ... Washington titled Lifting the Veil of Ignorance. The Langston Hughes Estate But that night a strange thing happened.

Langston Hughes is seen as one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance in the 20’s and 30’s, and is celebrated for his writing, social activism, and conception of ‘jazz poetry’. The ...

Rize Simmons is on a winning streak. The Windsor High School senior and two-time state champion of the Poetry Out Loud ...

Langston Hughes hovers like a guardian angel over Isaac Julien’s lone wanderers. At times, I felt as if I was inside a poem.

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