“Dream Variations” is a celebration of black identity and a hopeful vision for a future free from racial oppression. Finish story here; 10 Langston Hughes Poems That Define the American Spirit.

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“Decolonizing Language” includes essays and poems written between 2000 and ... and oh my God it was so great!. Langston Hughes of the Harlem Renaissance! To shake hands with a world famous writer was ...

Ilana Trachtman’s documentary shows the ripple effects of the summer-long protest at Glen Echo Amusement Park.

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