• 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...
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    James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin...
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  • Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes is a 2006 children's poetry collection by Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad and illustrated...
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    29, 2014. "Langston Hughes". Queens Public Library. Retrieved March 1, 2020. Kearl, Mary (July 3, 2013). "The Archives @". Queens Library. Archived from...
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  • Miriam Braverman (category Library and information science biography stubs)
    In 1982 she conducted a study which led to the creation of the Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center in Queens. She was a member of the Progressive...
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    Black Nativity (category Plays by Langston Hughes)
    Nativity is an adaptation of the Nativity story by Langston Hughes, performed by an entirely black cast. Hughes was the author of the book, with the lyrics and...
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    The Negro Speaks of Rivers (category Poetry by Langston Hughes)
    "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem by American writer Langston Hughes. Hughes wrote the poem when he was 17 years old and was crossing the Mississippi...
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    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...
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    January 19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020. "Langston Hughes Library » Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center". Archived from the original...
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    Mae West, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Langston Hughes, Judy Garland, Moss Hart, and Jimmy Walker. In 1920, heavyweight boxing...
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    arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.She is known as the first black soloist to perform with the Chicago...
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  • Montage of a Dream Deferred (category Poetry by Langston Hughes)
    Montage of a Dream Deferred is a book-length poem suite published by Langston Hughes in 1951. Its jazz poetry style focuses on scenes over the course of...
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  • poet Langston Hughes. Langston was born free in 1817 in Louisa County, Virginia, the second of three sons and a daughter born to Lucy Jane Langston, a formerly...
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    Fine Clothes to the Jew (category Poetry by Langston Hughes)
    Fine Clothes to the Jew is a 1927 poetry collection by Langston Hughes published by Alfred A. Knopf. Because it departed from sentimental depictions of...
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    (1998) (Portable sculpture) Avalanche (1998) (Portable sculpture) Langston Hughes Library (1999), Clinton, Tennessee Timetable (2000), Stanford University...
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  • Mississippi–1955 (category Poetry by Langston Hughes)
    "Mississippi–1955" or "Mississippi" is a poem written by Langston Hughes in response to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. Hughes was the first major African American writer...
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    Touchstone. Hughes, Langston (1926). The Weary Blues. New York: Random House. Hughes, Langston (1994). The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Vintage Classics...
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    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...
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  • (Pennsylvania) – Langston Hughes Memorial Library Kutztown University – Rohrbach Library Lock Haven University – Stevenson Library Mansfield University...
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  • Mule Bone (category Plays by Langston Hughes)
    is a 1930 play by American authors Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. The process of writing the play led Hughes and Hurston, who had been close friends...
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  • these difficulties, Langston Hughes brought Holt on again as a co-producer on his Jerico-Jim Crow in 1964. In 1965 Holt produced Hughes's Prodigal Son at...
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  • Renaissance writer Langston Hughes the book A Pictorial History of the Negro in America, which was published in 1956. He also collaborated with Hughes on Black...
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  • protégé of Langston Hughes. He was a life member of New York's famed Actors Studio. Price first gained notice in 1964, for his performances in Hughes' Off-Broadway...
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  • William Steig". Hughes, Langston. "PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ETC." Auction items, 5 pp. typed. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University...
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  • Florence Mills, as well as members of the Harlem Renaissance such as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Carl Van Vechten. Live music – from classical...
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    In 1969, she left teaching to become the first Director of the Langston Hughes Library in Queens. She was married to Donald Edward Marshall until his...
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    the Harlem Renaissance. Among his close friends and colleagues were Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten. Taylor's work is in the collection of numerous...
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    Bellevue Arts Museum, Steven Holl Architects, Bellevue, WA (2001) Langston Hughes Library, Maya lin Studio, Clinton, TN (2000) Kiasma Museum of Contemporary...
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    including Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay and Jean Toomer. Hughes became a role model...
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    States Navy. After her years with the WAVES, she worked as secretary to Langston Hughes. Frances Eliza Wills was born in Philadelphia. She attended Hunter...
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