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.

The play took its name from a line of Hughes’s famous poem, “ A Dream Deferred (Harlem),” writes Miller. The poem was printed in full on the playbill, according to Michael Hoffman for The ...

"Origins of the Dream" examines the personal and political intersection of two leading African-American public intellectuals of the mid-20th century, Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonetheless, I’ve identified traces of no fewer than seven of Langston Hughes’ poems in King’s speeches and sermons. In 1959, the play “A Raisin in the Sun” premiered to rave reviews and ...

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.