JOPLIN, Mo. — A new exhibit at the Joplin History Museum is dedicated to Joplin native and African American poet, Langston Hughes. “He went on to do amazing and great things,” said Chris ...

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.

The exhibit will be on display through April 30th. This exhibit focuses on the life and impact of Langston Hughes, an influential African American poet born in Joplin. Chris Wiseman, the curator of ...

Part of The NYPR Archives Celebrates Black History Month. The New York Public Radio Archives has pulled together some of the department's leading preservation work, series and sonic artifacts ...

It’s a mixed bag of good reading today, with collections from experienced Minnesota poets plus a debut from a chef-turned-poet (all published ... from a quote by Langston Hughes: “I looked ...

Janette Langston, age 98, of Roswell, GA formerly of Webster, FL, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on February 18, 2025. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who always ...

King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which Trump called on, was directly influenced by the language of Langston Hughes’s poem “I Dream a World.” Hughes writes, “I dream a world where man / No other man ...

The Oratorio Society of Virginia's March 15 "Together in Song" benefit concert will support the Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle.

HUNTINGTON Marshall University’s School of Music will host “Poets and Portraits: An exploration of the African American ...

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