My soul has grown deep like the rivers. One of the most famous Langston Hughes poems is also one of his earliest: “The Negro ...

The man. The poet. The legend. Embodying all three of the above titles, Langston Hughes was known as a key figure in both literary and artistic spaces during the Harlem Renaissance era.

In that time he was writing poems too, and a novel ... days' of the second Five Year Plan and in Spain in 1937, Langston Hughes' journey from 1930 to 1937 paralleled those of many writers and ...