Langston Hughes was known as a key figure in both literary and artistic spaces during the Harlem Renaissance era.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on ...

Victoria Christopher Murray's new historical novel, "Harlem Rhapsody," is a love letter to Harlem in the early 1920s and to ...

Joe Wilson Jr. performs In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes at the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

Across the region, many events have been organized to honor Black History Month in 2025. Find a way to celebrate near you.

Music has long been a force for storytelling, healing, and unity. Gospel music is known as one of our nation’s greatest examples of that powerful salve. As the nation marks Black ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

Over 100 people attended the opening ceremony for Black History Month in the Michigan Union with dinner, music, speeches and ...

Joe Wilson Jr. performs In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes at the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading Sunday afternoon Advertisement About Our Ads ...