Hughes's ability to speak to the experiences of African Americans, while also addressing universal themes of freedom, ...

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the ...

Local poetry: Smith will discuss their collection “Bluff” and a new compilation of Hughes’ work in St. Paul.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Speaking out, thinking about, is only the start: action must follow | MARK HUGHES COBB Mark Hughes Cobb© PORFIRIO SOLORZANO, AL_Tuscaloosa ...

For 50 years, the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute has played a vital role in fostering the talent of African American artists and performers here in Seattle.

Langston Hughes will travel to Douglas County Friday night as two Top 5 Georgia high school football powers meet. / Jamie Spaar ...

A new play about the early years of Langston Hughes doesn't fully tell us who the celebrated poet really was.

"Langston Hughes: Critical Perspectives Past and Present, one of six volumes of literary criticism that launch the Amistad Literary Series, offers more than a glimpse of Hughes as a man, a writer, and ...

ABSTRACT Langston Hughes's understanding of both associative language patterning and the development of scene within his poems shows a keen sense not only of his understanding of the African American ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement.

The production will tell the story of the birth of Jesus and also touch on modern-day issues, with gospel music throughout.