| 单词 | Langston Hughes |
| 例句 | It’s one of my favorite books by Langston Hughes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a promise to myself that I’d read every Langston Hughes book they have in the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I add another Langston Hughes book on top of the magnolia book and pull my card out of my satchel and wait for the librarian to thunk a stamp in my books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z But I remember a group of kids being loud while Mr. Shephard and I looked at Langston Hughes books. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The library and Langston Hughes ’bout the only thing that kept me going without my mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “A book about Langston Hughes,” I say, like it’s no big deal. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z One time, I half-assed my way through an essay about Langston Hughes’s use of dreams. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z That suits me just fine, gives me a reason to drag around my beat-up volumes of Langston Hughes and Claude McKay. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z —Langston Hughes I love my friend and still do when we play games we laugh. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Langston Hughes will be looking for a new librarian, too. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The day after the fight, Principal Miller sends a letter to all parents saying racism will not be tolerated at Langston Hughes. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In Langston Hughes’ words I can smell that earthy clay in the front yard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Listen, son. I don’t know anything ’bout Langston Hughes and I sure don’t know anything ’bout any poems. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I want to believe my brother, but it’s surprising to hear that people would have anything to say about my presentation when there’s Langston Hughes reciting poetry and a live art demonstration. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I wonder what Mr. Langston Hughes feels about the blues. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I’m thinking so much about Langston Hughes, I get to my apartment before I know it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Kevin stays in character as he answers a few basic questions about Langston Hughes’s life. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Langston Hughes’ poem comes into my head, drowning out her whispering that ain’t really whispering ’cuz Mrs. Robins can hear her clear in front of the room. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He’s dressed in a suit and wearing a fake mustache as he presents as Langston Hughes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I found this in the library. A book of poetry by a man named Langston Hughes. He’s a colored poet.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Me and the library and books and Mr. Langston Hughes are something I’m keeping to myself. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The Langston Hughes book jumped from my hand and the whole class laughed, everyone but Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind is wondering if I’ll ever meet Langston Hughes at the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I find Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes, and another book about his life, then head over to my table and start reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Daddy. The library has all kinds of books. And these books by Langston Hughes remind me...of home and Mama.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Are you named after the poet Langston Hughes?” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Since high school, I have maintained a voracious appetite for learning, from Dickens to Langston Hughes to writings about nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The second line of this poem by Langston Hughes, "Theme for English B," goes on to ask: "I wonder if it's that simple?" Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I said the poems of Homer and Langston Hughes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole poetry project got me into reading Langston Hughes poems, so when Mr. Shephard walks by again, I ask if he’s ever heard of him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I get to my building still reading the poetry, different from Langston Hughes but with words I like. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Straight after school, I rush to the library and downstairs to tell Miss Cook that Langston Hughes isn’t from Alabama but from Missouri and Kansas. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I’m not going to be no Langston Hughes, and I’m not going to be no poet. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She never told him that Langston Hughes made her heart sing the way he does mine. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z And I see Mama writing in her fancy letters the words of Langston Hughes, word by word, in a letter to Daddy. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z When I get to “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, I think about my notebook, how my words are drying up like raisins, only it’s in my head, not the sun. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It’s actually fun reading Mr. Langston Hughes’s poems. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I read through the Langston Hughes stuff real quick but that was a mistake. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Alums would like you to read a few passages from Langston Hughes.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and Mr. Shephard go to the computer first, and he shows me how to type in Langston Hughes’s name and pick which books I want to find. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Shephard asks, nodding at the Langston Hughes books I’m still holding. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z His mother added to his education by insisting, every year during Black History Month, that he and his brother write essays about important black figures: Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z Langston Hughes used his poetry to illuminate the perils of black life. What Antwon Rose’s Poetry Tells Us About Being Black in America 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Her undulant, animated piece sets a text by Langston Hughes celebrating African song and dance. Review: For This Young Chorus, It’s Never Too Early for Six World Premieres 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Though the newly remodeled Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center isn't yet officially open, audiences of the ninth annual festival will be the first to use the building. Langston Hughes African American Film Festival returns home 2012-04-11T21:56:06Z For the first time, all festival events will be held at the freshly renovated Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. ‘The Brother from Another Planet’ launches 10th Langston Hughes film fest 2013-04-09T14:55:52Z His memorial to the poet Langston Hughes at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem was described as “exquisite” by The Village Voice. Houston Conwill, Whose Sculptures Celebrated Black Culture, Dies at 69 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z I’m more of a Langston Hughes than Richard Wright guy myself, but after hearing the cops’ leaked bile on Monday I found myself re-reading “Native Son,” and relating. Playing for Michelle Obama 2012-06-11T21:25:00Z The comedian and activist, who died Saturday at age 84, couldn’t have been conjured up by any author, though Chester Himes or Langston Hughes might have come close if they had tried. Perspective | One day with Dick Gregory made me know he was truly one of a kind 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z For a story on the festival, go to www.seattletimes.com and search "Langston Hughes African American Film Festival." Pioneering filmmaker's work, with live organ music 2010-04-15T20:46:00Z He incorporates the poetry of Langston Hughes, picking up especially on Hughes’s idea of “dreams deferred” — how racism and injustice can alter life’s trajectories and wipe out hopes for happiness and fulfillment. Review | Robert Justice is using fiction to shed light on the reality of wrongful convictions 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Today, while I spread out on the floor next to the Highlight magazines, I read a book called “Langston Hughes: Poet of His People” cover to cover. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z But the Langston Hughes staff is just as proud of the changes patrons won't immediately spot. June 30 party to christen Langston Hughes center's improvements 2012-06-20T22:47:04Z The outlook for Langston Hughes seems more stable than several years ago. June 30 party to christen Langston Hughes center's improvements 2012-06-20T22:47:04Z Visitors included Langston Hughes, the poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The only DeCarava image reproduced in the chapter is from the cover of “The Sweet Flypaper of Life,” his book-length photo essay with Langston Hughes. Books of The Times: ?Blue Notes in Black and White? by Benjamin Cawthra - Review 2011-12-15T22:54:43Z Royal Alley-Barnes, executive director of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, said the installment should renew interest in the local black music scene. Central District lot becomes work of art 2011-07-06T05:07:28Z I hope she’s dining with Langston Hughes, whose poem “Dreams” hung on the wall of my bedroom when I was growing up. By the Book: Laurie Halse Anderson 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Ellison moved to Harlem in 1936 and fell in with a bohemian crowd that included the writers Langston Hughes and Richard Wright. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Offer the Pleasures of Big Ideas and Everyday Life 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Yet “Selected Letters of Langston Hughes” has many intensities of thought and feeling, and it is an indelible historical document. ‘Selected Letters of Langston Hughes’ 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The pots offer sound — one recites a Langston Hughes poem — and video. Review | In the galleries: Simple objects speak about living in an 18th-century hostelry 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes’ 1943 poem, “From Beaumont to Detroit,” addressed to America, eloquently expressed that sentiment: African-American GIs of WWII: Fighting for democracy abroad and at home 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The poem caught the attention of the renowned poet Langston Hughes and Spencer’s career as a poet was born. 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z “Seven People Dancing” is a story by Langston Hughes that was written, most likely, in the early sixties, but was never published. This Week in Fiction: Discovering an Unpublished Story by Langston Hughes 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes, which reopened this spring after a remodel, is slated to receive $740,000 in city funds next year to pay for its operations and staff of seven. McGinn wants city's arts department to take over Langston Hughes center 2012-09-14T01:41:04Z Working with the composer Michael Schachter, he adapted Langston Hughes’s 1931 poem “The Black Clown” into a teeming work of music theater and dance, winning raves for his ferocious performance. What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z His impressionistic Looking for Langston, about the poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, won a prize at the 1989 Berlin film festival. Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe 2010-09-29T20:30:00Z That afternoon, we bought two anthologies of Langston Hughes’s poetry — one for adults, one for children — from the restaurant’s companion bookstore and grew giddy anticipating all we would teach him. Worried about racism’s impact on her biracial son, a mother looks at home schooling 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The script is by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, editors of the newly published “Selected Letters of Langston Hughes,” who will also hold an onstage conversation following the reading. 92nd Street Y to Present Premiere of "Young Man Langston" 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Langston Hughes' retelling of the Nativity story with two upcoming events at local libraries. Langston Hughes celebrations around Seattle 2011-09-30T21:37:04Z They lingered over verses by Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou inscribed on the walls. Pride and Pain on Opening Day at a Museum of African-American History 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The walls of the N.M.A.A.H.C. are covered with quotes from the greats: Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and more. The Smithsonian’s Black-History Museum Will Always Be a Failure and a Success 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes responded by calling for a more authentic expression of ethnic difference: “We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame.” Playing tag 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It gave birth to the politics of black identity, helped define the sounds of jazz, and launched the careers of artists from Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown to Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes. A$AP Rocky: 'We're grungy but we live like rock stars' 2012-06-01T23:04:00Z He will be backed by a Greek chorus of male and female voices in a piece based on Langston Hughes’ poem of the same name that examines challenges of black life in America through time. At 29, this 'El Niño' singer is the buzz of California's opera world 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z My husband, Gerald, and I were inspired to name our son in honor of Langston Hughes while having lunch at Busboys and Poets immediately after learning we were having a boy. Worried about racism’s impact on her biracial son, a mother looks at home schooling 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z I was like I want to be Langston Hughes, and my homeboy in college, also named Jason, he was an artist and he was like "Yo, let's make a book." Jason Reynolds on wanting writer role models: “Judy Bloom never came and hollered at us" 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Kloppenberg compiled a long list of people who he said helped shape Mr. Obama’s thinking and writing, including Weber and Nietzsche, Thoreau and Emerson, Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison. Study of Obama Finds a Pragmatic Intellectual 2010-10-27T17:44:00Z On his first day there, he had the good fortune to meet Langston Hughes in the lobby of the Harlem Y.M.C.A. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Reveal a Complex Philosopher of Black Expression 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Langston Hughes’s essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” made him reconsider his approach to writing about racial identity. Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He’d Like to Share 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z “Selected Letters of Langston Hughes” is a beautifully made book, carefully edited. ‘Selected Letters of Langston Hughes’ 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z He is also much inspired by the writing of Langston Hughes, a key figure in the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Arinze Kene: 'At home, I'm Nigerian. I go out and I'm a British kid' 2013-02-25T18:59:01Z The big sea, mermaids and all things oceanic populate the majestic poems of Langston Hughes, the Shakespeare of Harlem, and colorful companion illustrations of Ashley Bryan in this extraordinary collection for young and old. Kwame Alexander aims to win readers who are at the age he hated books 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z One piece, about Langston Hughes, opens with a series of assertions that still seem dreadfully pertinent. The Unclassifiable Essays of Eliot Weinberger 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z It’s linked to the freedom conjured in “Dream Variations,” the Langston Hughes poem quoted in the series’s title. Review | This photographer transcends his medium — by turning day into night and past into present 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The first person he contacted was Denise Low, co-author of the book “Langston Hughes in Lawrence.” Langston Hughes Just Got a Year Older 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival concludes this weekend, with screenings tonight and Saturday at Central Cinema and Sunday night's closing film at the Museum of History & Industry. African-American Film Festival concludes in Seattle 2010-04-22T21:15:00Z They listened to him as he compared hip-hop to poetry — “There’s a direct connection between Tupac and Langston Hughes” — and said that early rappers should’ve been considered “teenage geniuses.” Jason Reynolds Is on a Mission 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z DeCarava might be best known for “The Sweet Flypaper of Life,” his 1955 collaboration with Langston Hughes that was republished last year. On Roy DeCarava’s Centennial, Two Photo Books Document His Legacy 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “In the 1970s, schools sought to bar ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ and books edited by Langston Hughes. Florida School District Is Sued Over Book Restrictions 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The 10th edition of Seattle’s Langston Hughes African American Film Festival kicks off a nine-day run on Saturday. ‘The Brother from Another Planet’ launches 10th Langston Hughes film fest 2013-04-09T14:55:52Z Then Still wrote another opera, “Troubled Island,” about the Haitian revolution, with a libretto by the poet Langston Hughes. A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I still think that Langston Hughes is the most underrated. Jason Reynolds on wanting writer role models: “Judy Bloom never came and hollered at us" 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Last year, in a fitting tribute to a beloved poet, Watson founded an organization to preserve the home of Langston Hughes in Harlem, a part of New York City. Author explores early life of her famous mom, Betty Shabazz 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The building was sold again in 1962, and in 1963 it reopened as a theater, with a production of “Tambourines to Glory,” by Langston Hughes. Broadway’s Smallest Theater Is Reopening, This Time as a Nonprofit 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Peterson, a powerful drummer with a wealth of experience, named his new album after the canonical poem by Langston Hughes. Preview NYC Winter Jazzfest in 7 Tracks 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The book is reminiscent of the improvisational prose of Langston Hughes and the distinctive voice of Ralph Ellison. 7 thrilling books by Black authors you need to read now 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z No poet since Langston Hughes has insisted so forcefully on black people’s right to simply be: Review | Ntozake Shange, author of ‘for colored girls,’ returns with powerful new poems 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Langston Hughes, dreamy and endearing, has the forehead of an Egyptian monument, while Countee Cullen, only 22 but already a famous poet himself, squints with a young man’s fragile self-importance. Winold Reiss, an Immigrant Modernist Way Ahead of His Time 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Shook opens with a kind of epigraph, a stanza from Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again,” throwing Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan some poetic shade. At the last reading of exiled Iranian poet Mohsen Emadi before he is barred from the U.S. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z We've rustled up a list of the remaining attractions that pleased our critics most: "Black Nativity": This annual Intiman Theatre jamboree is an African-American retelling of the Nativity story by poet Langston Hughes. A list of holiday shows still on stage in Seattle 2010-12-23T21:28:13Z Arnold Rampersad, the Stanford literary scholar and biographer of Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison, called Ms. Kaplan’s title “cheeky,” but credited her with filling a notable historical gap. Uncovering Strangers in a Strange Land 2013-09-03T16:40:40Z “The Black Clown,” adapted from the Langston Hughes poem of the same name, is a collaborative piece of music and dance brought to life by Tines and the composer Michael Schachter. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He later discovered the works of black American writers Langston Hughes and W.E.B. Peter Abrahams, whose novels detailed South Africa’s racial injustice, dies at 97 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He tucks beguiling things down there, like bits of Langston Hughes poems and agile chatter from Web sites. Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z Last but never least is the jubilant retelling of Jesus' birth by poet Langston Hughes, "Black Nativity." A sleigh full of holiday shows 2011-11-24T23:56:38Z It’s been two years since his “Oh, Everything!” tour, which ended with a stop at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in January 2015. W. Kamau Bell invites people into ‘awkward conversations’ on TV, podcasts, stage 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z I had encountered him — just as I had Langston Hughes and Jane Austen and Geoffrey Chaucer — by more conventional means the year prior, as an attentive reader of his published work. Surreal Encounters in Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Information Agency, he traveled to Senegal and filmed what was then called the First World Festival of Negro Arts, which featured Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes, among others. William Greaves, Emmy-winning producer and co-host of ‘Black Journal,’ dies at 87 Students at Don Julian Elementary School in La Puente studied the poetry of Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou this spring, but they did far more than just read and memorize the lines. Music Center cuts back its arts education at schools 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z From Ben Franklin to Langston Hughes, Americans have articulated our distinctiveness in ways that did not implicitly culminate in a twilight struggle with Communism. How Victory in the Cold War Led to Tragedy in the Years After 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z An airplane used by Tuskegee Airmen hangs above the last ramp, which ascends to a platform with a quote from poet Langston Hughes: “I, too, am America.” A first look inside the Smithsonian’s African American museum: Stunning views, grand scale 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The DASSdance movement troupe and Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center team up to present this family dance, which captures "the pulse of the Central District" and invites kids to join in. A crush of free events for Arts Crush 2011-09-29T20:04:08Z Having exhausted their efforts at action, they eat the food they've prepared and purchased, give thanks and pray before "dying neighborly" – to borrow a phrase coined by poet and writer Langston Hughes in 1965. With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s "bunker fantasy" is inadequate 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Dreams deferred is a theme, and not for nothing is Lank named after Langston Hughes. It’s the 1960s, baby. Who do you love? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In 2008, the city hired an independent consultant to investigate the management at Langston Hughes after complaints about racially charged comments among its leaders and questions about its focus and mission. McGinn wants city's arts department to take over Langston Hughes center 2012-09-14T01:41:04Z They’re each about a lonely young man, a fan of Billie Holiday and Langston Hughes and F. Scott Fitzgerald, adrift in the big melancholy city. The Pleasures of a Writer Who Was ‘Richard Pryor on Paper’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Following in the footsteps of Langston Hughes, he went to the historically black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and he wrote his first novel at 19, a murder mystery called “The Vulture.” Gil Scott-Heron, Voice of Black Culture, Dies at 62 2011-05-28T17:37:19Z An earlier version of this article misstated Langston Hughes's possible ages at the time of his birthday in 1991. Langston Hughes Just Got a Year Older 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Reynolds wanted to know about the value of a Langston Hughes letter, an advanced reader copy of Claude Brown’s “Manchild in the Promised Land” and a first edition signed copy of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.” ‘Antique Roadshow’ flips the script with celebrity editions 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Few poets can claim a final resting place as, well, poetic as Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes Just Got a Year Older 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z It highlights writing central to the 1959 Broadway production of Ms. Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” which was inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Harlem.” Spare Times for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:40:03Z A sizable old desk was topped with books — James Joyce, Confucius, Langston Hughes — and a pencil sharpener, with a few fresh shavings from that morning; he writes first drafts in longhand. Joe Henry and the Art of Disappearing Into a Song 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “America never was America to me,” goes the Langston Hughes poem James settled on after filming finished. 'What's it like to be black in this system?': inside a Chicago high school 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute presents a free screening of the documentary “Until the Well Runs Dry: Medicine and the Exploitation of Black Bodies,” at 7 p.m. A time for romance, Oscar nominees, Varsity reopening 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z He had other roles in TV and movies, including playing Langston Hughes in “Marshall,” about Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice. In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z When writers strayed they were criticized like Langston Hughes, who improvised until his poems felt like jazz, or ostracized like Zora Neale Hurston, who traveled the south to record African American lived experiences and folklore. 7 thrilling books by Black authors you need to read now 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Margaret Bonds’s Easter cantata “Simon Bore the Cross,” is set to texts by Langston Hughes. Review | ‘Porgy’ and ‘Simon’: Two works trying to fold black experience into Western canon 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z This formidable artist’s residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art continues with a recital of music set to poems by Langston Hughes. 7 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z A former office is now a studio apartment for artists-in-residence invited to Langston Hughes. June 30 party to christen Langston Hughes center's improvements 2012-06-20T22:47:04Z The inspirational, exuberant production by Langston Hughes returns to The Moore, driven by Pastor Pat Wright's choir. 14 Seattle entertainment picks for Dec. 18-24 2011-12-15T21:08:00Z The Langston Hughes Project A celebration of the African American poet includes music, spoken word, etc. L.A. theater openings, Jan. 1-8: 'Rent' and more 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z In Langston Hughes’s neglected “On the Road,” a homeless Black man who is denied help by a white pastor grabs the stone pillars of a church and pulls it down — and we accept it. Eight Ways of Looking at Haruki Murakami 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Among his portrait sitters were Native Americans and Harlem Renaissance leaders like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as relatives and friends as prominent as the artist Isamu Noguchi. Vanished Murals From the Empire State Building Rediscovered 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z One of the most revered literary figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, wrote this musical retelling of the nativity story in the early '60s. 3 things to do this weekend -- with or without kids 2011-12-16T18:45:43Z In cozy studios there, Patricia Highsmith wrote “Strangers on a Train,” Aaron Copland created his “Piano Variations,” and authors like Eudora Welty, Truman Capote and Langston Hughes spent productive time. In Transit Blog: A Chance to Peek Inside Yaddo 2011-08-31T20:06:44Z “A Night at the Opera” will begin with popular arias and classical art songs; these will be followed by hymns and spirituals, as well as works by Langston Hughes. Northwest African American Museum and Seattle Opera team up for drive-in concert film celebrating Black voices 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The soon-to-be legendary attorney and his wife are sharing a booth at a nightclub with Langston Hughes and a friend when Hurston saunters in. The Harlem Renaissance Through Zora Neale Hurston’s Eyes 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Together with the words of Langston Hughes, DeCarava aimed to illuminate, as a reviewer in The Times put it, “black joy, black love and resistance through art.” What to Read Before or After You See ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The figure stands before an image of a lynching and atop a washboard bearing a fragment of a poem by Langston Hughes: “I’ve been a victim: The Belgians cut off my hands in the Congo.” Betye Saar's gun-totin' mammies turn stereotype into power at the Craft & Folk Art Museum 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z So the purpose of the event changed, and the list of invitees grew; among those who ultimately attended were Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Bennett, Langston Hughes, and W. E. B. Du Bois. The Forgotten Work of Jessie Redmon Fauset 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Baime instead presents White’s life as a struggle to fulfill what Langston Hughes termed the “basic truths of American democracy” and to support a “new idea of patriotism.” Antagonist, Activist, Operator, Survivor 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Baldwin’s first sentence was pulverizing: “Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts — and depressed that he has done so little with them.” ‘Selected Letters of Langston Hughes’ 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Often called the dean of African-American composers, Mr. Still also worked with Langston Hughes — on “Troubled Island,” which played at New York City Opera in 1949. Operas by Black Composers Have Long Been Ignored. Explore 8. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The poet Langston Hughes was among its summer residents. Louis Delsarte, a Muralist of the Black Experience, Dies at 75 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z “Harlem” by Langston Hughes was Bianca’s first exposure to a poem by a Black author in school. Perspective | Why kids need poetry in their lives, and how to spark their interest in it 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z As might be expected for a place that attracted the likes of Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte, and Langston Hughes, artists have always had a presence in Sag Harbor. Artists Rally to Preserve Black History in Sag Harbor 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z This week: A salute to African American poet Langston Hughes, a classic Clifford Odets drama, and “Rent” rolls into Costa Mesa on its 20th-anniversary tour. L.A. theater openings, Jan. 1-8: 'Rent' and more 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z I said to myself, I want to grow up and I want to be Langston Hughes. Jason Reynolds on wanting writer role models: “Judy Bloom never came and hollered at us" 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z There is a small section in the library focused on the work of Langston Hughes. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z And Mr. Young, whose first poem in the magazine, “Langston Hughes,” was published in 1999, said he would work to spotlight the wide breadth of American poetry, from its establishment lions to emerging voices. In an Age of Fake News, a Historian of the Hoax 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z In 1936, the writer Langston Hughes and the artist Elmer W. Brown — two Black men, one famous and the other not — wanted to publish a book. Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown: A Children’s Book Deferred 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In addition to his famous role as Jamal Lyon in "Empire," Smollett is best known for playing Terry Hall in "The Mighty Ducks," Ricks in "Alien: Covenant" and Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes in "Marshall." Jussie Smollett indicted on six new charges related to alleged hate crime hoax 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The poet Langston Hughes was a courtly man with a slow fuse. ‘Selected Letters of Langston Hughes’ 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, one must admit that the narrator of “Seven People Dancing” sure does sound like that man Langston Hughes!! This Week in Fiction: Discovering an Unpublished Story by Langston Hughes 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z In Europe, Wong joined the ranks of African American artists such as Robeson, Josephine Baker and Langston Hughes, who, frustrated by segregation in the U.S., had left the country and found adulation in Europe. After Hollywood thwarted Anna May Wong, the actress took matters into her own hands 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The name is a nod to the controversial play written by Hurston and Langston Hughes that took 60 years to get produced. Mulebone review: With a new chef’s help, Andy Shallal steps up his game 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Because although its composer, Margaret Bonds, who died in 1972 at 59, was on some people’s radar — not least because of her long and deep friendship with Langston Hughes — her papers were nearly forgotten. Perspective | A forgotten voice for civil rights rises in song at Georgetown 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z He also produced concerts in Europe starring Marlene Dietrich and dramas overseas penned by Baldwin and Langston Hughes. ‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z “When I finished, I just knew I was the next Langston Hughes.” Going back to school with writers and the first things they wrote in 'Our Story Begins' 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z She’ll also appear in a chamber version of Mr. Adams’s Nativity oratorio “El Niño,” and in a program of Langston Hughes poems set to music. 5 Classical Music Faces to Watch This Season 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z And even the circulation of the Langston Hughes poem, the way in which poetry allows for the expression of a kind of feeling that is always underground, is almost like an underground electricity or current. On Being Seen: An Interview with Claudia Rankine from Ferguson 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Their parents allowed them to sit out on the sun porch during visits from prominent individuals, such as the poet Langston Hughes and Paul Robeson, the singer, actor and activist. Lorraine Hansberry Statue to Be Unveiled in Times Square 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Hewitt’s sister, Adele Glasgow, had been Langston Hughes’s typist and later ran an art gallery, through which they bought several of their early paintings. Vivian Hewitt, Who Amassed a Major Collection of Black Art, Dies at 102 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Bryan Collier’s illustration for a book edition of Langston Hughes’ poem “I, Too, Am America” received a Coretta Scott King prize for outstanding work by an African-American. Applegate Wins Newbery; Klassen Takes Caldecott 2013-01-28T21:53:11Z It's the original "gospel song play," written by Langston Hughes, with rousing music and a spiritual message. Weekend preview: Elves, nutcrackers, figgy pudding, more 2012-12-06T20:50:09Z Despite glowing reviews and an admiring letter from Langston Hughes, “The Snowy Day” also drew sharp criticism. ?The Snowy Day,? Art of Ezra Jack Keats at Jewish Museum 2011-12-08T23:38:16Z As Langston Hughes, one of America’s finest poets, wrote: “Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” Your Kids Need a Laugh? Try the Short, Quirky Poems in This Book 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “I would also say a lot of books don’t get published, although this was a Langston Hughes book.” Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown: A Children’s Book Deferred 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z A conversation with Arnold Rampersad, the author of “The Life of Langston Hughes” and editor of “Collected Poems of Langston Hughes.” This Week in Fiction: Discovering an Unpublished Story by Langston Hughes 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z “Troubled Island,” about the Haitian revolution and its aftermath, boasted a libretto by Langston Hughes and additional lyrics by Verna Arvey, a writer who was married to Still. A Black Composer’s Intense Opera Gets a Rare Staging 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z I found the story in the voluminous Langston Hughes Papers at Yale in the course of researching my two-volume biography of Hughes. This Week in Fiction: Discovering an Unpublished Story by Langston Hughes 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Early in her writing life, she was mentored by both W. E. B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes. A New Biography of a Brilliant Playwright Who Died Too Young 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z I was involved in this project about Langston Hughes, and in his book of poems, 'Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz,' he quoted a lyric that began, 'Hello, Central.' Time after time, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson continues to surprise 2010-05-26T23:22:00Z Ms. Marshall also referred to Langston Hughes as Mr. Hughes during her talks and throughout her memoir. The Ancestral Blessings of Toni Morrison and Paule Marshall 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Du Bois and Langston Hughes visit the city and find it less than congenial to black people. Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z SAT Readings, discussion and exhibit on the legacy of Langston Hughes, 2 p.m. Community calendar 2011-10-05T22:25:05Z Though a modest tribute to Dave Lewis was mounted two years ago, the Dave Lewis Revue II at Langston Hughes is more ambitious. Family reviving the sounds of Seattle rocker Dave Lewis 2013-12-04T19:38:41Z But I was struck by houses like 20 East 127th, where Langston Hughes lived. A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The prize is given in honor of Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy in Washington in the 1920s. Nearly 150 writers will be at this year’s Fall for the Book They played Barber’s evergreen “Adagio for Strings” as the tenor Ivan Thompson recited Langston Hughes’s warily optimistic poem “Let America Be America Again.” Review: In a Cemetery, Music Lives 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In Harlem, Mr. Lawrence was a deep reader living among deep writers, like Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. Review: ‘One-Way Ticket’ at MoMA Reunites Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Paintings 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes, for me, was always the poet of the people. On Being Seen: An Interview with Claudia Rankine from Ferguson 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes used to pomade his hair “in the Mexican fashion” when he travelled by train in Texas. A Tale of Racial Passing and the U.S.-Mexico Border 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The five-event series continues on Dec. 2 with a program of new works with texts by Langston Hughes. Review: Good Music, but Julia Bullock Makes It Great 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Her metamorphosis culturally and politically features a glittering cast of figures — James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, among others — and makes for thrilling viewing. Review: ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’ Documents Nina Simone’s Rise as Singer and Activist 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z It remains built around the music of Duke Ellington, using Ellington’s original arrangements, performed by an ensemble directed by Wynton Marsalis, as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes. ArtsBeat: K.D. Lang to Make Debut on Broadway 2013-09-12T19:07:40Z We've had a wonderful, loyal audience that travels to Langston Hughes, and it's easy to do everything under one roof. Langston Hughes African American Film Festival gets under way April 17 in Seattle 2010-04-07T23:21:00Z Here is a portrait of Langston Hughes that includes “his autograph,” as White annotates with an arrow. ‘Charles White: A Retrospective’ Review: Shimmering Black History Brought to Life 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z That’s why it matters that “I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100,” a wonderful show at the Columbus Museum of Art, is named for a poem by Langston Hughes. The dazzling Harlem Renaissance that flowered nearly a century ago celebrated in Ohio 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z It had in earlier decades published my man Langston Hughes. Sonny Mehta, a publishing industry titan, made his mark 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, running April 17-25, is all over town this year. Langston Hughes African American Film Festival gets under way April 17 in Seattle 2010-04-07T23:21:00Z The one structure still standing is the former Le Grand Duc, where Langston Hughes was employed as a busboy and where Ada Smith, a.k.a. Exploring the France That Josephine Baker Loved 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z With a sweet lift from poetic musings by Langston Hughes, “After Midnight” invites us into a re-imagined version of Harlem’s 1930s musical mecca, the Cotton Club. On and Off Broadway, doing more with less 2013-12-04T22:00:07Z His films included documentaries featuring Muhammad Ali, musician Duke Ellington, and poet Langston Hughes. US film-maker William Greaves dies 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Bryan Collier's illustration for a book edition of Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too, Am America" received a Coretta Scott King prize for outstanding work by an African-American. Applegate wins Newbery; Klassen takes Caldecott 2013-01-28T17:23:17Z It was titled “Nobody Loves a Genius Child,” in a nod to a poem by Langston Hughes. Perspective | Greg Tate showed me what being a writer in America could mean 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Some 90 years after the two men failed to find a publisher, their original collaboration gets new life in an exhibition here called “The Sweet and Sour Journey of Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown.” Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown: A Children’s Book Deferred 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z One would make up or read a line from a Gwendolyn Brooks or Langston Hughes poem, and others would take turns adding to it. William Pope.L Makes Statements From the Fringes 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z She made her Broadway debut in 1950 in a short-lived musical drama about racial conflict, “The Barrier,” based on a Langston Hughes play. Charlotte Holloman, concert singer and voice teacher, dies at 93 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But I remember some lines from the poem “Movies,” by an early mentor, the inimitable Langston Hughes: Hollywood laughs at me, black — so I laugh back. I was a screenwriting guru groupie 2012-11-24T15:00:00Z In the United States, Weill collaborated with writers like Ira Gershwin, Moss Hart and Langston Hughes on innovative — and occasionally blockbuster — Broadway musicals. Kurt Weill: How Germany Finally Unearthed a National Treasure 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes warned in his essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" that Black artists must embrace their Blackness, not bleach it out to appeal to white America. “Sorry to Bother You” exposes the danger of bourgeois integration 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z He started the journal American Mercury, the first mainstream magazine to print black writers such as Langston Hughes. House of writer H.L. Mencken remains in disrepair 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “Similar to Langston Hughes in his ‘Let America Be America Again,’ poem, Herrick’s California envisions the state in its greatest possible light promoting inclusion, farmers markets, family relationships and the power of poetry.” From high schools to prison: Why California's poet laureate is always on the road 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The piece features ink and acrylic on canvas and takes its name from a 1920s Langston Hughes poem. Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu breaks African art-world record again 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The second episode of “Fellow Travelers,” Ron Nyswaner’s steamy melodrama of queer life in midcentury America, concludes with Langston Hughes’ “Kids Who Die,” a poem to sting the back of your throat. Commentary: McCarthyism makes us agents in our own destruction. 'Fellow Travelers' shows how 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z “I’m gonna put my gloves on for this,” Bernard said, before pulling on a white cotton pair, then picking up a 1967 funeral program memorializing the poet Langston Hughes. With their newly extended SoFi Stadium exhibition, the Kinseys aim to change the narrative about Black history 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z She speculated that Butler, “our queen of Pasadena,” would have stocked the classics — James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes. How Octavia Butler inspired a pathbreaking Black-owned Pasadena bookstore 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Examples of Black achievement are often restricted to civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Harlem Renaissance figures like Langston Hughes. Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Months later, Hurston was invited to a literary awards ceremony, where she met Langston Hughes, who won top prize for his poem “The Weary Blues.” How novelist Zora Neale Hurston transformed American anthropology 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z In a show grounded in Shakespeare, it was a Langston Hughes quote that stuck in my head. ‘Becoming Othello’: a powerful, electric play at Seattle Shakes 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “We, Too, Sing America,” read the headline, a new take on a revered Langston Hughes poem. NYC’s Black schools chief isn’t sure racial integration is the answer 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Former Langston Hughes colleagues said she was under contract at the theater and was paid a set amount. What we learned from 'Call Me Miss Cleo' documentary about the infamous ’90s TV psychic 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Her gripping songs to poems by Langston Hughes are a high point. Everyone is 'rediscovering' Florence Price. Leave it to the L.A. Phil to reveal her essence 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Placekicker Justin Duenkel offered an opening prayer, linebacker Hunter Stewart read the Langston Hughes poem “Life is Fine” and defensive end Jack Camper offered the closing prayer. Virginia honors slain players in memorial service on campus 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z But then there’s the Langston Hughes poem, with layers that resonated for days following its evocation in Byrd’s show. ‘Becoming Othello’: a powerful, electric play at Seattle Shakes 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z After meeting with weeping mothers of gun-violence victims, Harris aimed to bolster background checks and ban assault weapons, she told a packed theater at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in September 2019. Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Seattle this week 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z According to former colleagues at the Langston Hughes Theatre in Seattle, Harris was a playwright and performer who went by the name Ree Perris in the late 1990s. What we learned from 'Call Me Miss Cleo' documentary about the infamous ’90s TV psychic 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Hunt was listed between writer Langston Hughes and director Leo Hurwitz. Marsha Hunt, actress who appeared in more than 50 films before being named as a Communist sympathizer, has died 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z There, a local woman involved in theater directed her to the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in the Central District. Seattle’s Langston Hughes Institute marks 50 years as a community hub 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary 1-5 p.m. What to do in Seattle this week: Jackson Street Jazz Walk, SketchFest 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A Seattle native, Scott’s first job as a teenager was at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, and for the last six years she has led LANGSTON’s programming and community partnerships. Q&A with Jazmyn Scott, executive director of new Seattle Black arts space Arté Noir 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s a democratic approach to the Jazz Age; you won’t find the Cotton Club, Langston Hughes or other leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance in these pages. The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Once a tweet of mine about a Langston Hughes poem went viral, and out of nowhere, John Legend retweeted me. Opinion | Goodbye to You 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Regardless of who has owned or controlled Langston Hughes over the years, “it does belong to the people; it is the people’s place,” said Williams. Seattle’s Langston Hughes Institute marks 50 years as a community hub 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The Seattle Black Film Festival is back for its 19th year at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in the Central District, both in-person and online. Ditch the blockbusters and go local: 4 film festivals in the Seattle area you should check out in 2022 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z There are references throughout to Langston Hughes, the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and, of course, Josephine Baker, whose portrait has pride of place in Guy’s apartment. Review: Phylicia Rashad beautifully directs 'Blues for an Alabama Sky' at Mark Taper Forum 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z And he paraphrased Langston Hughes on why we all keep loving this nation, in the struggle: Perspective | These were the tears of hope we all needed right now. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The poet Langston Hughes claimed the right to share in that dream when he wrote, “I, Too.” myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Addressing audiences at schools or libraries, Mr. Bryan would kick off his readings by conducting a call-and-response recitation of Langston Hughes’s “My People,” a celebration of communal storytelling. Ashley Bryan, whose joyous picture books celebrated Black life and history, dies at 98 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes once lectured my dad’s English class and gave him a book of poems. In Maryland, a segregated school is one of many in the country to be preserved 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z During the 1920s, a young Langston Hughes, who would become a world-renowned poet instrumental in the Harlem Renaissance movement, worked in as an assistant to Woodson in his home office, according to the Park Service. Black History Month founder showed how schools should teach about race 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Poetry collections “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Enough Rope” by Dorothy Parker will also turn 95 and enter the public domain under U.S. law. ‘Pooh,’ ‘Sun Also Rises’ among works going public in 2022 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z By age 10, she was writing and memorizing poetry, reciting verses of Emily Dickinson or Langston Hughes during impromptu family talent shows, sometimes held by candlelight in the living room. Trailblazing Black feminist and social critic bell hooks dies at 69 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z He had other roles in TV and movies, including playing Langston Hughes in "Marshall," about Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice. Jussie Smollett trial: Actor also fighting battle in the court of public opinion 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Brought together by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage, the exhibit features Black popular magazines and a sharp Langston Hughes poem as accurate today as in the past. Tacoma: Weekend getaway for history, culture and unique experiences | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z She delivered a Langston Hughes line, “My soul has grown deep like the rivers,” and it’s not enough to say she sang the soulful song with soul. Commentary: Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines are the must-hear singers of opera today 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z At 16, he moved to New York, where he became involved in the rich culture of the Harlem churches, and appeared in an early production of Langston Hughes's influential show Black Nativity. Carl Bean, singer of LGBT pride anthem I Was Born This Way, dies aged 77 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Soon after Sharon Williams started a nonprofit for Black artists in Seattle years ago, the organization was staging plays at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center and her work was spotlighted in a newspaper column. Seattle will invest $30 million in strategies recommended by panel for communities of color 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The forum was held in-person at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute — notable in an election season of virtual appearances — and simultaneously streamed via Facebook, where a recorded video of the forum is archived. How will the next mayor promote Seattle’s cultural life? Candidates weigh in at arts forum 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Herself a pioneer, a Black composer from Chicago, she became a member of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s through her friendship with Langston Hughes, whose poems served her in song and oratorio. Review: Viola Davis and the L.A. Phil winningly connect 'Peter and the Wolf' to MLK 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z I did the Langston Hughes poem “Dream Variations.” You never forget your first Juneteenth. Let these Black Angelenos tell you why 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Subjects include things like the Vietnam War and protest music, Langston Hughes’ poetry and the blues and hip-hop and its influence on politics. Rock star Van Zandt helping Connecticut students re-engage 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Writers, artists and scholars drew strength from the Black past to “sing America,” in the words of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Review | Little-known voices sing the history of slavery and resistance 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z In addition to Johnson’s works, Nesbitt is also noted for one-man shows based on Langston Hughes’ works. Clark E. Nesbitt on striving for theater inclusivity 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z “I was interpreting the do-rag as that ‘silken garment’ Langston Hughes mentions.” How 'Moonlight' and Solange inspired an opera film centering Black artists 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “I, too, sing America,” he sings, as Langston Hughes once put it. Do We Ask Too Much of Black Heroes? 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z It might be about a game he watched the night before, politics, or a recitation of a Langston Hughes poem. John Chaney’s Message Was Always Clear, in Support of Black Athletes 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z “Langston Hughes wrote a book called ‘The Ways of White Folks.’ In ‘Ma Rainey,’ channeling the blues of August Wilson 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z “I, too, am America,” wrote the poet Langston Hughes. Opinion | Want to understand Biden voters? Here’s your reading list. 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But on Wednesday, the newspaper reports, students from the Langston Hughes Academy started using the museum as a school. Shuttered Children’s Museum used as a New Orleans school 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Writers such as Langston Hughes, as Intondi pointed out, saw the decision to bomb Japan as racially motivated. Daughters of the bomb: my reckoning with Hiroshima, 75 years later 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z She is “wise and withering,” he wrote, “in her relentless assault on what Langston Hughes termed ‘the ways of white folks.’” ‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Without hope, American dreams deferred or denied will continue, as the poet Langston Hughes wrote, to explode. Opinion | Are You Willing to Give Up Your Privilege? 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Slow and contemplative when reading a Langston Hughes poem, explanatory when filming his collections of quilts or vintage German toys. How one Seattle teacher kept his kindergartners engaged through the coronavirus closures 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The voices collected here elaborate and extend the mantras, such as Langston Hughes versifying his insistence that America live up to its myth, and James Baldwin defining protest as a duty. George Floyd died right before the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. This photo essay spans the current protests — but the quotes paired with them span 100 years. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In July, Arrington will take the messages he’s collected and work with a friend who’s an artist to create a collage to possibly donate to the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. Basketball coach launches ‘Shoot 4 Change’ project in Seattle’s CHOP to promote positive conversation 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z When their first child was born, they named him after one of their favorite poets: Langston Hughes. A black protester’s pain: Handcuffed by police at 9, hit by a rubber bullet at 22 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, those who tuned in to the mayor’s near daily news conference found Ms. McCray reading from Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem.” ‘You’re Exposed Now’: Why Black Supporters Are Deserting de Blasio 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Author Langston Hughes was among those who criticized the storybook, saying its illustrations displayed the dark-skinned main character in harmful stereotype. Santa Barbara restaurant drops name many considered racist 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z I want the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute to be vibrant and truth telling. I am breathing, but I’m not OK 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z They did not hear it when Langston Hughes wrote it in a poem. Bad apples? No, a rotten tree 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Her school put in place a phonics sequence that continues through fifth grade, and started assigning more challenging literature, including Langston Hughes poems. An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z With a dash of science fiction, “Reparations” — Darren Canady’s thought experiment of a play at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute — neatly severs those two knots in its first scene. ‘Reparations’ uses a sci-fi premise to explore knotty issues 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z He sprinkles his speeches with uplift — scripture, quotes from Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King Jr. — and flatly dismisses those who say his talk of “love, grace and decency” is not just ineffective but politically tone-deaf. With so much promise, why is Cory Booker's campaign falling flat? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “I told Langston Hughes in fact, that it’s the blues, but nobody seems to understand what I mean,” he later writes to a friend about the novel now under way. Ralph Ellison’s Slow-Burning Art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Or you can just pop one on your finger and pretend you're conversing with Sigmund Freud, Jane Austen, Langston Hughes, or Schrodinger's cat.Price: The Verge Holiday Gift Guide 2019 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z But then, maybe Langston Hughes had the same hope in 1926, when he wrote a famous essay calling his generation to order. A welcome and long overdue reconsideration of how beauty is conceived 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z And the rage and the anger I feel is palpable, like that Langston Hughes idea of letting America be America again. How Being a 13-Year-Old Busboy Prepared Darren Walker to Lead the Ford Foundation 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The gun-safety event is scheduled to start at 3:15 p.m. at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, with doors opening at 2:30 p.m., according to Harris’ campaign. Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and Amy Klobuchar headed to Seattle for fundraisers, gun-safety discussion 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The epigraph of his 2014 memoir, “Black and White: The Way I See It,” comes from the 1926 Langston Hughes poem “I, Too.” Did Venus Williams Ever Get Her Due? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But then Locke, recovering from an unhappy affair with Langston Hughes, went to Europe, and by September 23, 1927, the day of the broadcast, he had not returned. When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z When Langston Hughes, the celebrated black poet, died in 1967, Mr. Hopkins hurried to the library in search of a collection of Hughes’s works to show the students. Lee Bennett Hopkins, eminence of children’s verse, dies at 81 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Or as Langston Hughes wrote: “America never was America to me / And yet I swear this oath / America will be!” President Donald Trump hates America 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Assigned schools include Lake Anne, Elementary, Langston Hughes Middle and South Lakes High, all rated average or above-average based on test scores by GreatSchools.org. A two-bedroom, two-bathroom penthouse condo in Reston is listed for $339,900 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown,” from 1931, specifies that the speaker appear in “the white suit and hat of a clown,” establishing minstrelsy as his point of entry to American life. A Music-Theatre Adaptation of Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown” 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Defender’s reputation arose not only through the quality of its writing—Langston Hughes and Ida B. Wells were contributors—but also thanks to the political stances it took. The Exemplary Legacy of the Chicago Defender 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes, one of the foremost figures of the Harlem Renaissance, spent the last 20 years of his life at this Harlem brownstone. A list of African American sites getting preservation grants 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z A volunteer led the group in singing “America the Beautiful” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” and reading works from poets such as Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman. For some with memory loss, patriotic songs spark recollections of Fourths long ago 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z One of those people happened to be Tim Lennon, executive director of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. Event showcases that Seattle’s black community is ‘Out Here’ 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z She was only 12, too young even to get into the swanky, mirrored emporium of swing that Langston Hughes called “the heartbeat of Harlem.” Norma Miller, Lindy-Hopping ‘Queen of Swing,’ is dead at 99 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z To borrow from Langston Hughes, black and brown people are, by necessity, masters of "the ways of white folks." Please keep your #MyWhitePrivilege confessions to yourself, thanks 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Booker, speaking with a preacher’s energized cadence, recited spoken word poetry from Langston Hughes, while Harris sounded more like a deliberate, but forceful prosecutor. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker stand for equality at gay rights gala in downtown L.A. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z What unites this defiant chorus of immigrant voices is best expressed in this variation on an enduring line by Langston Hughes: “We, too sing America.” Review | Yes, we need more diverse books. Here’s one that answers the call. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z There's a lovely quote by Langston Hughes, a poem called “Make America America Again.” Sandra Cisneros shares writing tips and reveals what she will do with her PEN Award money 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Is it true that Langston Hughes is a big inspiration to you? Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too' 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Willmott and the group creating the Langston Hughes documentary hope to release the film next year. ‘BlacKkKlansman’ screenwriter to pursue Langston Hughes film 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z “Hold fast to dreams,” wrote Harlem poet Langston Hughes. Black History Month: the seven must-see art exhibitions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In 1919, he washed up in the dawning Jazz Age of New York, the city of Babe Ruth and Langston Hughes, Ratner’s and the Cotton Club. The City That Shaped The New Yorker 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z “There’s never been equality for me, / Nor freedom in this ‘homeland of the free’,” wrote Langston Hughes, the great poet of the Harlem renaissance, in Let America be America Again: Patriotism is meaningless if it doesn’t embrace acts of defiance | Kenan Malik 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Langston Hughes was my first introduction to writing. Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too' 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z They presented the finished mural at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Seattle Black Panther Party there this spring. Franklin High students, community to celebrate mural honoring Seattle’s Black Panther Party 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The center is also hosting a pop-up exhibit to celebrate the 118th birthday of Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Black History Month: the seven must-see art exhibitions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z There are Black Panther fists, references to police brutality and phrases from the Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Betye Saar: the artist who helped spark the black women's movement 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z As he often does, he freely quoted African-American luminaries from Martin Luther King Jr. to poet Maya Angelou and writer Langston Hughes. Booker stirs South Carolina Democrats in pre-midterm debut 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes, Edgar Allan Poe: there was something about poetry that really got me. Gary Clark Jr: 'I want to let it be known: this land is your land, but it's mine too' 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z And he provided financial support to black artists and writers, including opera singer Marian Anderson, poet Langston Hughes, photographer Gordon Parks, and writer James Baldwin. Sears’ ‘radical’ past: How mail-order catalogs subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He was well aware of his skin color throughout his youth, according to Baram, and in the late 1960s attended the historically black college Lincoln University in Pennsylvania because Langston Hughes had gone there. Analysis | Why ‘First Man’ prominently features Gil Scott-Heron’s spoken-word poem ‘Whitey on the Moon’ 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Mthiyane told the dozens of children, many in their early teens, about his eclectic influences - artists Mark Rothko and Jean-Michel Basquiat, poet Langston Hughes - and encouraged them to find inspiration within themselves. South African artist talks art, apartheid with US students 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Arriving in New York in 1925, Hurston quickly became a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, starting a literary magazine with Langston Hughes and others. More Women Deserve Statues in New York. Here Are 10. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z But, but, you know, letting them, you know, recognize, in that way that Langston Hughes talks about, you know, “I will sit at the table.” Nicole Sealey Reads Ellen Bass 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Or perhaps it’s all that, plus her family, her community and her tenacious faith that — as Langston Hughes wrote, “America will be!” Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez too “far left” for America? Absolutely not 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The team is a program of the Langston Hughes Community, Business & Resource Center. Black Sox team gives youth a turn at bat for inspiration 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z He named the restaurant after the poet Langston Hughes, who once worked as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel. What Starbucks could learn from this Washington restaurateur about race at work 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Rather, they were contemporaries, the connective tissue between the rap, hip-hop and spoken word genres they helped inspire, and their own direct influences: jazz and Langston Hughes and the words of their slain leaders. The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Timothy Threlkeld, who taught technology and engineering at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Va., is facing four counts of the charge. Nearly 150 people arrested outside Capitol during protest 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z One panel tells of an amusement park, once located near Hobbs Park, which banned African-American children and influenced the poetry of Langston Hughes. Project brings Lawrence history to trail system 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Note: Tickets are no longer available for the opening speech by actor Danny Glover, scheduled for Thursday at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. Black Panther Party’s legacy to help sick, poor lives on at Seattle health clinic 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z “No one ever messes with the ‘America’ painting under the overpass,” he said, referring to a mural of Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” a few blocks away. Artist-in-residence captures Camden through murals 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z One student read Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem,” whose opening lines seemed prescient more than fifty years after he penned them: “What happens to a dream deferred? …” A family in Missouri had a life for 15 years. Then they were torn apart 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “America was never America to me,” wrote the Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes in 1935’s Let America Be America Again. My travels in white America – a land of anxiety, division and pockets of pain 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Ham’s mother attended the 16th Street Baptist Church as a child and even saw Eleanor Roosevelt and Langston Hughes speak there. ‘Four Women’ channels Nina Simone’s protest music 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Along with many other Himes stories, “Prison Mass” appeared in Abbott’s Monthly, the Chicago black journal that also published in the 1930s Langston Hughes and the first work by Richard Wright. The black novelist history forgot 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Still, her interests remain wide, from the novels of Virginia Woolf to the poetry of Langston Hughes to the choreography of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Cécile McLorin Salvant looks for the contradictions in jazz 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Kelly updates a Roy Orbison song and sets a Langston Hughes poem to music in the title cut. Paul Kelly plays to strengths on sturdy ‘Life is Fine’ 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The town was a haven for affluent black Washingtonians seeking refuge from segregation and drew many black intellectuals including Paul Robeson, Booker T. Washington and Langston Hughes. Historically black beach enclaves are fighting to save their history and identity 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z When Neshanti Morgan transferred from a private Christian school to Langston Hughes Middle School, she knew next to nothing about Islam. Funeral, vigil for Muslim teen killed in attack near mosque draw throngs 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Who knew that Wooden could easily quote Langston Hughes? Opinion | The tall, phenom on the basketball court remembering his legendary coach 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z His “Barbecue,” which Intiman is currently staging at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, is another sharp skewer. Intiman Theatre’s ‘Barbecue’ almost literally flips the script on race — over and over again 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z At Lincoln, the Langston Hughes Memorial Library holds the contents of Hughes’s personal library, which was bequeathed to the university after Hughes died in 1967. How crucial are historically black colleges? Just look at who’s graduated from them. 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Ever mindful of community, he didn’t restrict himself to the professional realm; making time a few years ago to choreograph the teen summer musical at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center. Kabby Mitchell III, first black dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet, dies 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z U Street was known as the “Black Broadway” in the 1920s and 1930s, and the neighborhood nurtured cultural giants including musician Duke Ellington and poet Langston Hughes. Perspective | ‘Black branding’ — how a D.C. neighborhood was marketed to white millennials 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The pastor recalls thinking about the famous poem by Langston Hughes. He tried to cool a city's anger, only to watch helplessly as it burned during the 1992 riots 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z May 10 at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute; and 7 p.m. Meet the author of the book all Seattle is reading, ‘The Turner House’ 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Organic chemistry put an end to that, and she gravitated toward her playwriting professor, George Bass, the executor of Langston Hughes’s estate. The First Theatrical Landmark of the Trump Era 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Four promising shows for the coming week, including “Tribes” at ACT Theatre, “Genre Bender” at Langston Hughes and “Scary Mary” at Annex. 4 theater recommendations for the week of March 3 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Her son Langston, after the writer Langston Hughes, has just turned one. Rachel Dolezal: ‘I’m not going to stoop and apologise and grovel’ 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z To the restaurateurs who are putting messages on their receipts, it might seem more effective than an “Immigrants are welcome here” sign on the door, or a Langston Hughes poem on the menu. The new political battleground: Your restaurant receipt 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The killing has been the subject of a play by the Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a poem by the Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes, and a song by Bob Dylan. Woman at center of Emmett Till case tells author she fabricated testimony 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z What's opening in Los Angeles this week: A salute to African American poet Langston Hughes , a classic Clifford Odets drama, and “Rent” rolls into Costa Mesa on its 20th-anniversary tour. Today in Entertainment: Welcome to 2017 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z She landed her first job at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute through the Seattle Youth Employmentprogram, and then went on to work at Argosy Cruises. A former foster child’s future takes root, thanks to Treehouse 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z And, embodying the event’s essence, Tyson ended her acceptance speech with a powerful recitation of Langston Hughes’ poem “Mother to Son.” At Ebony Power 100 gala, performers praise expanded visibility this year and look for more 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “Black Nativity” Theater Alliance returns with Langston Hughes’s gospel musical about the birth of Jesus. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Nov. 17-23, 2016 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Against horrific violence and discrimination in another era, Langston Hughes offered Brooks a “helmsman, hatchet, headlight”. Words for solace and strength: poems to counter the election fallout – and beyond 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z I’m proud of Hillary Clinton because in the words of Langston Hughes, she’s “held fast to dreams.” Read Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech for the 2016 Election 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Brown, like Langston Hughes, wrote blues poetry, but his were set in the rural south, as the title, “Tin Roof Blues,” suggests. 10 Moments That Defined the Harlem Renaissance 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Together with Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison, Wright was crucial in forging an authentic literary consciousness for the black community as it struggled to escape decades of oppression after the civil war. 100 best nonfiction books: No 36 – Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright (1945) 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z As a young girl in Portland, Ore., Renée Watson immersed herself in the words of Langston Hughes, discovering that his poems about black identity mirrored experiences in her own life. A Poet’s Mission: Buy, and Preserve, Langston Hughes’s Harlem Home 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “I read aloud with Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. I left feeling uplifted.” Throughout a packed weekend of celebrating the African American Museum, the A-list crowd kept the parties in perspective 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Your first film looked at the black artist Langston Hughes and the Harlem renaissance that was a forerunner of the civil-rights movement. Power to… the art of protest 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The pilot class in 2015 covered prominent figures within African-American culture, such as the poet Langston Hughes and civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, as well as pop culture figure RuPaul, he says. LGBTQ Support Rises at Historically Black Schools 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z I keep hearing a line from that Langston Hughes poem called “Warning,” which begins: “Negroes, sweet and docile, meek, humble and kind. Beware the day they change their mind!” A comic book I wrote imagined snipers shooting at police. Now that frightening reality haunts me 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z “Maybe it just sags/like a heavy load,” offered Langston Hughes. In our moment of division, who will lead? 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The theme of this year’s Brave New Voices competition is #iTooAmAmerica, an homage to the last line of Langston Hughes’ poem “I, too, sing America.” DC Youth Slam Team betting on thoughts and struggles to win competiton 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The students will sing songs and recite poetry, including a Langston Hughes poem and the song “Rise Up” by singer Andra Day. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland to deliver commencement speech — at D.C. elementary school 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z His words made me think of the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. A mother’s wish for her graduate: Live your virtues 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z And with that, a subversive dialogue – one that includes Tupac Shakur, Langston Hughes and Malcolm X as integral nuances within the poetic and oral traditions of Arab culture. MIA's Black Lives Matter faux pas shows she doesn't know her history 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z They were accompanied by the influential Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, though the film never materialised. Meet Yosif Stalin, a child of the USSR living in Kremlin, Virginia 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Like the various luminaries who visited the front—Langston Hughes, W. H. Auden, Dorothy Parker, and others—many of the volunteers had a literary bent. The American Soldiers of the Spanish Civil War 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Musical selections feature a range of composers from Moses Hogan to Gershwin, with lyrics by poets such as Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison. Religion events from around the Washington area 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Regardless of what you choose, kick off the month with “Harlem,” the poem by Langston Hughes, who was born on this day in 1902. New York Today: Celebrating Black History 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s fitting that today, the birthday of Langston Hughes — the poet and leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance — is also the start of Black History Month. Your Monday Briefing 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Her answer to her critics is to name her unborn son after Langston Hughes, the African American poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn't identifying as black to upset people. I was being me' 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z During her release of this summer’s “Ask Your Mama,” which interpreted Langston Hughes’ work with contemporary performers like the Roots, she was thinking of Babbitt when she manipulated Hughes’ voice from an on-stage laptop. Mississippian Milton Babbitt: 50 years ahead of his time 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Friday inside a building at the Langston Hughes Houses in Brownsville. 2 men fatally shot at Brooklyn public housing building 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Born in Missouri in 1902, the poet Langston Hughes was a leading light of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Ice-T swaps rap for poetry and jazz - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Langston Hughes’s version of the Christmas story, staged by Theater Alliance, opens Wednesday with a preview show at 8 p.m. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Nov. 19-25, 2015 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z As an extension of the American literature course he took last year, the two discuss the works of authors such as Langston Hughes and Frank Walker before poring over Taylor’s latest draft. Punishing defender and introspective poet: The two sides of Gonzaga LB Kyle Taylor 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z He was known for his blues recordings, his readings of author Langston Hughes and the streetwise persona that he cultivated in tailored suits and signature Borsalino hats. D.C. news in brief 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z I had also devoured the histories of Josephine Baker and Langston Hughes, who flocked to the black cultural center of the world to express themselves more freely. I'm a black gentrifier in Harlem – and it's not a good feeling 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s when, to paraphrase Langston Hughes, deferred dreams explode. Farewell to America | Gary Younge 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z He later claimed he didn’t mean the threat, saying he was using his life to inform his art, no different than the poet Langston Hughes or the rapper Tupac Shakur. What the Supreme Court Didn't Say About Rap 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z But there are cultural influences, like Missouri-born Langston Hughes' use of the rhythms of jazz and blues in his poetry, he said. Maine man to explore final resting places of poets in South 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z But there are cultural influences, like Missouri-born Langston Hughes’ use of the rhythms of jazz and blues in his poetry, he said. Maine man to explore final resting places of poets in South 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z It played some 500 performances and attracted the likes of George Gershwin, Fanny Brice, Al Jolson and Langston Hughes. Audra McDonald to return to Broadway in 2016 in a musical 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z We are the people Langston Hughes wrote of, who “build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how.” Read the Full Text of Obama's Speech in Selma 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Friday at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Seattle — just a few blocks from Washington Middle School where Gibreab first landed as a 12-year-old immigrant. How a trip to Ethiopia shattered stereotypes, spurred documentary 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts—and depressed that he has done so little with them. . . . The Elusive Langston Hughes 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Both Dixon and Adams are keenly aware of the political legacy of black theater: from Langston Hughes to Sidney Poitier, African-American theater artists have used stories to ignite sociopolitical conversation. Fighting With Guerrilla Theater After the Death of Eric Garner “Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes, a retelling of the Christmas story from an Afro-centric perspective, infused with gospel, blues, funk, jazz and dance. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Then he put up a PowerPoint picture of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, to introduce a poem by Langston Hughes, provoking one resident, a disabled former waitress, to emit a breathless, “Wow!” Soothing the Aged With Verse, a Lawyer Takes a Road Less Traveled 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “Black Nativity” Langston Hughes’s version of the Christmas story is staged by Theater Alliance. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Jan. 1-7 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The origin of one of my favorites photos dates to when I was in high school, when my mother introduced me to the poems of Langston Hughes. A Dance of Rivers 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The actor-activist Paul Robeson and poet Langston Hughes were among those travelers captivated by communism. In Russia, early African American migrants found the good life 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z And your words degrade the legacy of Lincoln alumnus Langston Hughes, who used language to give voice to those who are rarely heard, rather than to silence them with accusations and blame. Melissa Harris-Perry: University president’s remarks created ‘hostile environment’ 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z She helped establish the annual Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award as well as the Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund, which supports local efforts in preservation and environmental education. Retired Kansas professor finds success as poet 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The event is a revival of an inspiring Storytellers program we hosted last spring at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. How I Got Into College: Students will share stories Nov. 15 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Friday at Langston Hughes High School after a football game. Fulton teenager fatally shot after football game 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z In 1966, at the request of the United States Information Agency, he traveled to Senegal and filmed the First World Festival of Negro Arts, which featured Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes, among others. William Greaves, TV host and filmmaker, dead at 87 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Sponsored Langston Hughes, as she was a poet in her own right, “ a kind of rich beatnik.” Joel and Amy Einstein Spingarn , White Jewish Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z In New York City especially, the bohemian culture that reigned in Greenwich Village flourished after it became neighbors with the Harlem Renaissance community, which included writers like Langston Hughes and dancers like Josephine Baker. World War I, the 1920s and Modern Cool 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Mencken, and a letter from Langston Hughes urging her to send a photo of herself to Ebony magazine, for a piece on black poetry. Where the Harlem Renaissance blossomed in Virginia, with poet Anne Spencer Storytelling event tomorrow: The Seattle Times Education Lab will host a night of storytelling at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute tomorrow night. Morning memo: Police chief choice at 10 a.m. … Seahawks' undrafted free agents … $2M home in flames 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Join us at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute for an inspiring evening of local students talking about how they overcame obstacles to pursue higher education. New York Times dives deep into grad rates and achievement gaps 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Following a highly charged debate on the floor where lawmakers quoted Langston Hughes and Aristotle, Florida senators voted 26-13 in favor of the legislation, according to the Associated Press. Florida Inches Closer to Passing Immigrant In-State Tuition Bill 2014-05-02T09:28:23Z They walk to the playgrounds near the Langston Hughes Houses. On the Brink in Brownsville 2014-05-01T09:00:17Z Along with the other 28 paintings of historical black leaders from Langston Hughes to Whitney Houston, Jemison's portrait was auctioned off, with proceeds going toward materials to help Yungai instruct a new generation of artists. 15 Works of Art Depicting Women in Science 2014-03-07T21:00:00Z Some Sixth & I members went to Turner over Christmas for an all-black Christmas show called “Black Nativity” based on a Langston Hughes book. 6th in the City Chorus, a Jewish gospel choir, represents new phase for two communities 2014-01-19T18:54:35Z She slumps in her chair as a group of boys takes the stage to recite Langston Hughes. Homeless Girl in the Shadows 2013-12-09T07:26:35Z The man whom Langston Hughes called “America’s greatest African-American cartoonist” started drawing in grade school and never stopped. Life as a Defector 2013-07-02T08:45:00Z Among his many skills was dancing on the subway for spare change, which Siyah re-enacted for the camera and some boys near the Langston Hughes Houses. On the Brink in Brownsville 2014-05-01T09:00:17Z “It’s what I always wished for,” said Kasi Lemmons, who directed “Black Nativity,” a musical with a libretto by Langston Hughes, scheduled for release in November. Coming Soon: A Breakout for Black Filmmakers 2013-06-02T01:53:00Z In fifth grade, he won an oratorical contest reciting work by the poet Langston Hughes. Geno Smith and the Art of Football at West Virginia 2012-09-28T20:28:10Z Rice then distributed copies of Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son,” an ode to determination, and asked for a volunteer to read. The Education Issue: Kalamazoo, Mich., the City That Pays for College 2012-09-13T19:44:46Z "Ask Your Mama!" -- the multimedia musical show based on the poetry of Langston Hughes -- will be presented for one night at the Apollo Theater next spring, the theater announced on Tuesday. ArtsBeat: The Apollo to Present "Ask Your Mama!" 2012-08-14T18:44:35Z Over more than five decades, Missouri’s press has printed prized academic titles including “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes,” “The Complete Sermons of Ralph Waldo Emerson” and “Mark Twain and His Circle.” University of Missouri Press Closing Incites Anger 2012-07-18T02:50:14Z It is also about a block and half from the former home of the poet Langston Hughes, 20 East 127th Street, which is a city landmark. On Harlem Block, Push for Restoration Will End in a Demolition 2012-04-16T04:51:54Z He reads the work of Langston Hughes, and if he could not continue playing basketball, he said, he would want to be an author. Midwest Region: Sims Is Georgetown?s Playmaker in the Post 2012-03-17T20:11:35Z Howard, who hosted a celebrity basketball game Sunday at Langston Hughes High School to raise money for his charity, didn't disagree. Dwight Howard strongly considering career overseas 2011-07-18T01:45:07Z Howard, who hosted a celebrity basketball game Sunday at Langston Hughes High School to raise money for his charity, didn’t disagree. NBA lockout causes Howard to look to China, Europe as potential career stops 2011-07-18T01:45:38Z But at the same time we should recognize people like Langston Hughes, who was a great defender of the novel, and he saw how progressive it really was. The woman who started the Civil War 2011-06-14T00:01:00Z He was raised by his mother and grandmother in Jackson, Tennessee, where he discovered the verse of the black poet Langston Hughes whilst at college - an obvious early influence. Revolutionary rapper 2011-05-28T13:15:47Z “That Justice is a blind goddess/Is a thing to which we black are wise,” Langston Hughes wrote in 1923. That Lady With the Scales Poses for Her Portraits 2010-12-16T20:41:30Z Because of copyright law, she could not publish the letters — from taxicab drivers to the widow of Medgar Evers to Langston Hughes — without permission from the writers or their heirs. Lost in Time, Letters Capture American Grief for a President 2010-03-09T04:42:00Z As for the poetry angle, Langston Hughes will figure prominently, with three pieces based on his work. 2010-02-06T03:58:00Z Quoting from a poem by Langston Hughes, Kerry says, �Let America be America again.� 2004-06-17T14:05:00Z Because he had mentioned foundation support for Langston Hughes, a Negro communist, Congressman Cox was accused of racial prejudice. The Invisible Government Langston Hughes, in 1930, published "Not Without Laughter", a novel to gain wide renown. The Black Experience in America Although Langston Hughes had been confident that the American dream could be made to include his people, thousands upon thousands of other Afro-Americans, especially among the lower classes, were extremely dubious. The Black Experience in America For the lyrics, said the singer, who is black, why not use texts by black poets like Langston Hughes? 2010-02-06T03:58:00Z Langston Hughes, the most prolific writer of the renaissance, wrote a kind of manifesto for the movement. The Black Experience in America Langston Hughes, in describing his first entrance into Harlem from the 135th Street subway exit, said that he felt vitality and hope throbbing in the air. The Black Experience in America Langston Hughes, who had also been impressed by the vitality of Harlem, came to realize that Negro Harlem was, in fact, dependent on downtown financing. The Black Experience in America |
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