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Article: WHO WAS POET AND AUTHOR LANGSTON HUGHES? ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  February 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ...James Langston Hughes was born in 1902 in ... Hughes, known as "the poet laureate of Harlem," died ... year to attend the Langston Hughes Poetry Circle organized ... History Month. Poems by Langston Hughes Here are two of Hughes ...

Article: Langston Hughes: 100th birthday celebration of the ...
Ebony;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... anniversary of the birth of Langston Hughes--dubbed "the poet laureate of the Negro people ... years after his death, Langston Hughes remains a highly influential ... official unveiling of the new Langston Hughes postage stamp. At Harlem ...

Transcript: Profile: Poet laureate Langston ...
NPR Morning Edition;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 0000 Profile: Poet laureate Langston Hughes Host: BOB EDWARDS ... host: Writer Langston Hughes was born a hundred ... celebrated as the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance ... Grosvenor hears Langston Hughes speaking to a new ...

Article: Langston's legacy: The verve and lyricism of Langston ...
New Pittsburgh Courier;  February 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... music, he turned to the man called the poet laureate of the Negro race. He turned to Langston Hughes, who, had he lived, would be 100 ... with a very rhythmic free verse. James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Mo. His parents ...

Article: The living Langston: poet laureate of Black America ...
Ebony;  May 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... in a language that spoke to all people and all ages. His name was Langston Hughes, and he was, as the NAACP noted, in awarding him the Spingarn Medal, "the poet laureate of Negro people." He had known rivers, ditches, dives; had known ...

Article: Langston Hughes the Defender's most prolific ...
Chicago Defender;  February 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... became aware of the fact that Langston Hughes, Poet Laureate of African America and one ... by musicians. Although Langston Hughes wrote for decades before ... Defender. De Santis says, Langston Hughes is well known as a poet ...

Article: 'THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES' TABBED AS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 28, 2009 ;     414 words ... ... African-American poet, Langston Hughes in our Featured Book program ... Librarian Debbie Melin. Langston Hughes achieved fame as a poet during ... poet, many critics consider Langston Hughes the poet laureate of black America. Hughes ...