I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. One of the most famous Langston Hughes ...

One of the most famous Langston Hughes poems is also one of his earliest: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” was published in 1921 in The Crisis, the magazine of the National Association for the ...

A curator displays a copy of the book Famous Negro Music Makers, written and signed by Langston Hughes, in Harlem, New York, May. 17, 2016. Getty Every year since 1976, February has been ...

A two-day conference at Princeton University Nov. 10-11 marked the 50th anniversary of poet Langston Hughes' death. Above: Wallace Best, a professor of religion and African American studies at ...

Hilton Als writes on Langston Hughes and the poet’s reluctance to reveal himself. Skip to main content. Newsletter; ... and best, collection of poems, “The Panther and the Lash” (1967 ...

At the time, Hughes was much more famous than King, ... Nonetheless, I’ve identified traces of no fewer than seven of Langston Hughes’ poems in King’s speeches and sermons.

Langston Hughes wasn’t just a famous Black poet, novelist, playwright, and reporter who helped define New York City’s Harlem Renaissance—he was also an activist that reflected the ...

The famous poet and his artist friend wanted to publish “The Sweet and Sour Animal Book” in 1936. But there were no takers. A Cleveland exhibition makes up for the lost time.

Depending on what one’s take is on Langston Hughes and the famous Black poet, journalist and author’s relationship to Christianity, those words can scandalize or confirm.

When Langston Hughes visited Detroit in April 1937, he was already at 36 a celebrated American writer, leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He came to the city to see friend Elsie Roxborough’s ...