We are always in dialogue with Langston Hughes' short poem Harlem, first published in 1951. I can hear Hughes in the background of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

10 Langston Hughes Poems That Define the ... “Harlem,” also known as “A Dream Deferred,” was written during a time when the post-World War II optimism of African Americans was met with ...

ELISA NEW: When, in 1951, Langston Hughes published his book-length jazz poem "Montage of a Dream Deferred," it had been 30 years since he'd arrived in Harlem from Joplin, Missouri.

In the poem “Harlem,” Langston Hughes asks a critical question about our lives. We all have dreams, ambitions and goals to achieve. But what happens to a dream deferred? While Hughes may have asked ...

These phenomenal Langston Hughes poems are the perfect introduction to the celebrated poet's impressive body ... When an 18-year-old Hughes visited and told him of his dream of being a writer, ...

Langston Hughes' birthplace can't forget him — and neither should we. ... like so many of Hughes' poems, "Dream Dust" gathers the stuff — both elemental and mythic — that composes our dreams ...

The Sweet and Sour Journey of Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown Through July 24 at ARTneo, 1305 West 80th Street, Suite 016, Cleveland, (216) 227-9507; clevelandart.org .

We are always in dialogue with Langston Hughes' short poem Harlem, first published in 1951. I can hear Hughes in the background of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

'Dream Dust' Exquisite and deceptively deep, like so many of Hughes' poems, "Dream Dust" gathers the stuff — both elemental and mythic — that composes our dreams, before delivering a necessary ...

Langston Hughes didn't spend much of his childhood in Missouri, but the poet's presence lingers. Hughes, one of our truest American compasses, entered the world on the first day of February 1901 ...