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

“Dream Variations” is a celebration of black identity and a hopeful vision for a future free from racial oppression. Finish story here; 10 Langston Hughes Poems That Define the American Spirit.

It recognizes honorees for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of Langston Hughes. Past award ...

Blow will leave The New York Times and receive the inaugural Langston ... Hughes was a prominent writer and civil rights activist. He is best known for his innovative poetry, which often mimicked ...

Poet, playwright, novelist, and social activist Langston Hughes and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared a ...

The University of Montana will host a lecture on Feb. 6 by Pulitzer-winning poet Jericho Brown in honor of Martin Luther King ...

My own dear love, he is all my dreams,— And I wish ... Eurocentric beauty standards, Langston Hughes (1901–1967) celebrated Black beauty and Black love in “Poem—To the Black Beloved.” ...

Inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Luck,” Lynn Nottage’s ... of armor that has deteriorated due to damage to her own dreams. Carter is resolute, even as he scribbles his questions ...