(ThyBlackMan.com) Langston Hughes, one of the most significant figures in American literature, carved a niche for himself as a voice that resonated with the struggles, joys, and cultural ethos of ...

Vera M. Kutzinski, The Langston Hughes Archive: Perspectives on Future Research, The Langston Hughes Review, Vol. 25, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: Art and Politics: Reexamining Langston Hughes and Amiri ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Happy birthday, Langston Hughes. The American literary great and Cleveland resident would have been 115 years old today. He was born Feb. 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri.

Q. Langston Hughes was born on Feb. 1, 1902, in Joplin. Who was he? A. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin and raised in the Midwest, but he is most closely associated with New York City, where he ...