His brownstone home in Harlem became a historic landmark in 1982, schools bear his name, and most of all, his poetry still resonates. Here are 10 essential poems by Langston Hughes that capture of ...

Poet and author Langston Hughes speaks before the House ... but he said he never had joined the Communist Party. Hughes did not name names. Thousands of pages of transcripts from the private ...

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

Joe Wilson Jr. performs In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes at the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry ...

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

Poet and writer Langston Hughes, famous for his elucidations of Black American life in his poems, stories, autobiographies, and histories, was born in Joplin, Missouri, on Feb. 1, 1901 or 1902.