The pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance wrote about race, love, ordinary Americans and relatable struggles. These phenomenal Langston Hughes poems are the perfect introduction to his impressive body of ...

Five years after his first poem was published, Langston Hughes wrote in The Nation, “An artist must be free to choose what he ...

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 ...

And Smith curated the just-released “Blues in Stereo,” a collection of the early poems of the great Langston Hughes, a leader of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance of writers and artists.

American Experience is thrilled to feature award-winning poet Jericho Brown as the voice of Langston Hughes. Illustrations by Jonell Joshua.