James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin...

Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. These places were named in memorial to him: Langston...

arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes. Margaret Jeanette Allison Majors was born on March 3, 1913, in Chicago...

Mae West, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Langston Hughes, Judy Garland, Moss Hart, and Jimmy Walker. In 1920, heavyweight boxing...

Touchstone. Hughes, Langston (1926). The Weary Blues. New York: Random House. Hughes, Langston (1994). The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Vintage Classics...

influenced by his meeting that year with the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. He drew from son music in his poetry. West Indies, Ltd., published...

playwright and social activist Langston Hughes. Carolina (Carrie) Mercer Langston was the daughter of Charles Langston and Mary Leary (one of the first black...

The Big Sea (1940) is an autobiographical work by Langston Hughes. In it, he tells his experience of being a writer of color in Paris, France, and his...

Langston Hughes High School (LHHS) is a public secondary school located in Fairburn, Georgia, United States, a suburb of metropolitan Atlanta. LHHS is...

The Langston Hughes Library is a private non-circulating library designed by American architect Maya Lin, and located on the Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee...