James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin...

The Langston Hughes Medal has been awarded annually by the Langston Hughes Festival of the City College of New York since 1978. The medal "is awarded to...

abolitionists Lewis Sheridan Leary and Charles Henry Langston. She was also the grandmother of Langston Hughes and raised him for part of his childhood, inspiring...

Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. These places were named in memorial to him: Langston...

arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes. Margaret Jeanette Allison Majors was born in Chicago, Illinois on...

Langston Hughes High School (LHHS) is a public secondary school located in South Fulton, Georgia, United States, a suburb of metropolitan Atlanta, and...

America Be America Again" is a poem written in 1935 by American poet Langston Hughes. It was originally published in the July 1936 issue of Esquire Magazine...

Mae West, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Langston Hughes, Judy Garland, Moss Hart, and Jimmy Walker. In 1920, heavyweight boxing...

influenced by his meeting that year with the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. He drew from son music in his poetry. West Indies, Ltd., published...

Touchstone. Hughes, Langston (1926). The Weary Blues. New York: Random House. Hughes, Langston (1994). The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Vintage Classics...

playwright and social activist Langston Hughes. Carolina (Carrie) Mercer Langston was the daughter of Charles Langston and Mary Leary (one of the first black...

works include the poem and play by Soviet Futurist Sergei Tretyakov, Langston Hughes' poem of the same name, and a wood cut by Li Hua. In 1924, Soviet futurist...

producing Black Theatre in the United States opening in 1915. Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered at the theater. In 1915, Russell...

"I, Too" is a poem written by Langston Hughes that shows a want for equality through patience whilst going against the idea that patriotism is limited...

The Langston Hughes Library is a private non-circulating library designed by American architect Maya Lin, and located on the Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee...

The Langston Hughes House is a historic home located in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It is an Italianate style dwelling built in 1869. It is a...

in the 2024 class. Noland played four years of varsity football at Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn, Georgia. Noland started three games his freshman...

The Langston Hughes Society is a United States–based literary society concerned with the work of African American poet Langston Hughes. The society was...

Robert Mapplethorpe. The film is not a biography of Langston Hughes. It is a memoriam to Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as reconstructed from a black...

Langston Hughes is a neighborhood in the Northwest District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Central Park Heights (east) and Woodmere...

"Mother to Son" is a 1922 poem by American writer and activist Langston Hughes. The poem follows a mother speaking to her son about her life, which she...

grandfather and great-uncle, respectively, of the renowned poet Langston Hughes. John Mercer Langston was born free in 1829 in Louisa County, Virginia, the youngest...

Raisin in the Sun was titled after a line in the poem. Langston Hughes was an American poet. Hughes was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance and...

also gave them something to fight against." Her biography of Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes: The Value of Contradiction, was published in 2011 (Arcadia/BlackAmber...

"The Weary Blues" is a poem by American poet Langston Hughes. Written in 1925, "The Weary Blues" was first published in the Urban League magazine Opportunity...

The Big Sea (1940) is an autobiographical work by Langston Hughes. In it, he tells his experience of being a writer of color in Paris, France, and his...

The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute is a cultural, community, and artistic center that focuses on African American art, artists, and audiences...

and 2013 2016: Welt-Literaturpreis 2017: Langston Hughes Medal awarded on 16 November at the Langston Hughes Festival at The City College of New York...

– Prologue: Last Supper Ricks Short film Alien: Covenant Marshall Langston Hughes 2021 B-Boy Blues Director and writer 2024 The Lost Holliday Jason Holliday...

comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in south Chicago,...