POET AND SINGER: In 1949, poet Langston Hughes, right, spoke at Allen High School in Asheville. One of the students in attendance was Eunice Waymon, later known professionally as Nina Simone. In ...

Originally published: June 1, 1985 Arnold Rampersad’s biography of Lang­ston Hughes has ended this trend.

Langston Hughes Biography An influential American writer from the early to mid 20th century. Beginning with the publication of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in 1921, Hughes first captured the ...

Langston Hughes' birthplace can't forget him — and neither should we. Murals around downtown Joplin bear quiet witness to his greatness and hope.

Researcher Finds Earlier Birth Date for Langston Hughes It has long been believed that the famed poet was born in 1902, but his name appears in newspaper articles from 1901 ...

The publication of The Collected Works of Langston Hughes (16 vols.) in the early 2000s has greatly facilitated scholarly work, as has Arnold Rampersad’s two-volume Hughes biography (1986 and 1989).

Rap Legend and actor Ice-T joins musical director and trumpeter Ron McCurdy, along with the Ron McCurdy Quartet, to bring a brilliant 21st century realization of American icon Langston Hughes’ ...

Poet Langston Hughes was also an "inveterate letter writer," says the co-editor of a new compilation of his correspondence. But if you're hoping to find profound love letters, you'll be disappointed.

In “Zora and Langston,” Yuval Taylor revisits the relationship that laid much of the groundwork for black American literature in the 20th century.