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• Penumbra Theatre announces full 2013-14 season - Minneapolis Star Tribune (2013/05/20 15:56)

  Minneapolis Star TribunePenumbra Theatre announces full 2013-14 seasonMinneapolis Star TribunePenumbra is introducing a festival of one-person shows named for actor and director Claude Edison Purdy, who lured then-unknown poet and aspiring playwright August Wilson to the Twin Cities. That festival ... Penumbra will return to the original ...and more »
• Kansas girl Gwendolyn Brooks broke ground as black poet - Kansas.com (2013/05/20 04:20)

  Kansas.comKansas girl Gwendolyn Brooks broke ground as black poetKansas.comThey took her to meet fellow Kansan Langston Hughes, who was one of the nation's most important writers in the Harlem Renaissance, a movement that celebrated African-American life and culture. In the beginning, Brooks worked as a secretary to support ...
• Poetry finally joining e-book revolution - Idaho State Journal (2013/05/19 23:37)

  Poetry finally joining e-book revolutionIdaho State JournalFILE - This March 26, 1953 file photo shows poet and author Langston Hughes speaking before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in Washington, D.C. Hughes, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, and Wallace Stevens are among the poets ...and more »
• DEARBORN HEIGHTS: Vista Maria honors success of young women - Dearborn Press and Guide (2013/05/19 04:12)

  DEARBORN HEIGHTS: Vista Maria honors success of young womenDearborn Press and GuideMoody looked directly at the girls and quoted Langston Hughes' “Mother to Son,” a poem about moving forward in spite of hardship. “In life, there are always challenges, many of which are not planned,” she told them, then telling about her experience as ...
• Poetry & Jazz - WNYC (2013/05/19 01:16)

  Poetry & JazzWNYCDavid Garland presents some classic poetry and jazz recordings, including the voices of Jack Kerouac, Langston Hughes, Kenneth Patchen, Gil Scott-Heron, and Melvin van Peebles, as well as poetry by Walt Whitman and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, along with ...
• Would Great Gatsby Author Be A Fan of Jay-Z's Soundtrack (Recap) - antiMUSIC.com (2013/05/18 04:53)

  Would Great Gatsby Author Be A Fan of Jay-Z's Soundtrack (Recap)antiMUSIC.com... invented until the 1930s)–the song is straight from the 21st century. The closest thing they had to rap in the '20s was the poetry of Langston Hughes, a studied poet who was still enrolled in New York's Columbia University the year Fitzgerld's book ...and more »
• Kiera Wilmot Interview: Florida Teen Whose Science Experiment Went Terribly ... - Huffington Post (2013/05/17 10:17)

  Kiera Wilmot Interview: Florida Teen Whose Science Experiment Went Terribly ...Huffington PostA Virginia high school English teacher was under investigation for allegedly asking the only black student in the class <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/18/george-c-marshall-high-sc_n_1358044.html" target="_hplink">to read a poem in a ...
• Scholarship program shouldn't be a dream deferred: Howard Fuller - NOLA.com (2013/05/17 09:35)

  Scholarship program shouldn't be a dream deferred: Howard FullerNOLA.comEvery time I learn about an injustice being done to our children that directly affects their educational success, I am reminded of these words from the Langston Hughes poem. I can't help but wonder how many of our children's dreams are being deferred ...and more »
• St. Louis school's valedictorian debates her way to a full ride at Princeton - STLtoday.com (2013/05/17 06:27)

  St. Louis school's valedictorian debates her way to a full ride at PrincetonSTLtoday.comMickens taught Destiny to read using a Langston Hughes poem, “I, Too.” In it, an African-American treated as a second-class citizen looks toward a much brighter future. “That poem really told me what I wanted for Destiny,” Mickens said. One recent ...and more »
• A Bedford County poet in the Big Apple - Shelbyville Times-Gazette (2013/05/17 06:14)

  Shelbyville Times-GazetteA Bedford County poet in the Big AppleShelbyville Times-GazetteShe totally outweighed Kathleen Turner, who read Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman. 4. Dick Cavett was most entertaining and delivered poems by Philip Larkin and Robert Frost with unforgettable authority. 5. Tyne Daly, stage, screen and television ...
• Dr. Kyenge's Crusade - CounterPunch (2013/05/17 03:30)

  Dr. Kyenge's CrusadeCounterPunchIn 1933, the writer Arna Bontemps, a fellow member with Langston Hughes of a collection of writers, artists, and musicians that history has dubbed “the Harlem Renaissance,” in recognition of the creative contributions they offered to the world, penned ...
• Poly's Tjivikua awarded Honorary Doctorate - New Era (2013/05/17 02:23)

  Poly's Tjivikua awarded Honorary DoctorateNew EraLincoln University has produced distinguished graduates such as US Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, renowned poet and playwright Langston Hughes, the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, ...and more »
• Bibliojazz, la Campania a tutto volume! - Caserta News (2013/05/17 01:04)

  Caserta NewsBibliojazz, la Campania a tutto volume!Caserta NewsUno dei fautori di questa novità, quella cioè di affrontare la poesia con l'accompagnamento musicale, nello specifico da un pianoforte jazz (quello di James P. Johnson) fu Langston Hughes (1902-1967), non a caso considerato il padre della jazz-poetry, ...
• August Wilson Center needs dollars, sense - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2013/05/16 21:06)

  August Wilson Center needs dollars, sensePittsburgh Post GazetteThe first lines of Langston Hughes' epic 1951 poem "A Dream Deferred" could've been written about the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in 2013. Last week, nearly a dozen workers were laid off at the $40 million Downtown cultural center ...
• Why Common Core Foes Don't Bother Looking at the Examples of Books to Read - Dropout Nation (2013/05/16 10:50)

  Why Common Core Foes Don't Bother Looking at the Examples of Books to ReadDropout NationMeanwhile middle school English teachers can assign such classics as Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, English poet William Butler Yeats The Song of Wandering Aengus, and Langston Hughes' I, Too, Sing America. By high school, teachers can assign ...
• Senate, House approve same-sex marriage - Presspubs (2013/05/16 08:10)

  ABC NewsSenate, House approve same-sex marriagePresspubsScott Dibble read passages of a poem by Langston Hughes. “Let America be America again,” Dibble said. “Let it be the dream it used to be.” The vote came after more than four hours of emotional and at times acrimonious debate. Near the end, the din from ...Dibble's Same-Sex Marriage Bill PassesPatch.comall 554 news articles »
• The 'Filipino dream' - Inquirer.net (2013/05/16 08:07)

  The 'Filipino dream'Inquirer.netThe rich are realizing their dream, the poor are waiting. “What happens to a dream deferred?” asked the American poet Langston Hughes. “Does it explode?” Manuel F. Almario is a veteran journalist, semi-retired, and currently spokesperson of the ...and more »
• Eighter graders at Kump School in Clark discuss the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' - Suburban News (2013/05/16 08:01)

  Eighter graders at Kump School in Clark discuss the play 'A Raisin in the Sun'Suburban NewsThe students started by reading, 'A Dream Deferred,' a poem by Langston Hughes, which is about what happens to people's dreams when they are put aside and forgotten. They then had to search for symbols in the play to connect to the theme in the poem.and more »
• Blank wall awaits Waco artists' visual poetry - Waco Tribune-Herald (2013/05/15 22:02)

  Blank wall awaits Waco artists' visual poetryWaco Tribune-Heraldjoplin murals1. “The Butterfly Effect: Dreams Take Flight,” the Joplin, Mo., mural, incorporates quotes from poet Langston Hughes; a tornado and post-storm reconstruction in its center; and, symbolizing hope, a rainbow. MURAL. Staff photo— Jerry ...
• Savannah Children's Choir celebrates Nashville trip with annual spring concert - Savannah Morning News (2013/05/15 21:35)

  Savannah Children's Choir celebrates Nashville trip with annual spring concertSavannah Morning NewsThe underlying theme this year is poetry. “We're highlighting Emily Dickinson, Samuel Clemens and Langston Hughes with beautiful stuff,” Sullivan says. “As usual, like all Savannah Children's Choir concerts, it's a different mix and styles of music ...
• Study of Harlem Renaissance culminates in performance - The State Journal-Register (2013/05/15 20:24)

  Study of Harlem Renaissance culminates in performanceThe State Journal-RegisterStudents have written poetry reminiscent of that time, learned the era's songs, acted out and recorded interviews with famous Harlem Renaissance figures (like jazz singer Billie Holiday, poet Langston Hughes and jazz musician Cab Calloway), performed ...
• Åarhus to present music, poetry with Haitian influence - Republican Journal (subscription) (2013/05/15 13:07)

  Republican Journal (subscription)Åarhus to present music, poetry with Haitian influenceRepublican Journal (subscription)Following early readings of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, his most influential journey was to the Republic of Haiti, where he was deeply exposed to the magic-surrealist writing of the Negritude Poets.
• Warehouse to present 'A Raisin in the Sun' - Gainesville Sun (2013/05/15 11:42)

  Warehouse to present 'A Raisin in the Sun'Gainesville SunThe title of the play was taken from “A Dream Deferred,” a poem by Langston Hughes (1902-1967), an African-American poet, writer, playwright, columnist and social activist. Hansberry (1930-1965) was the first African-American female playwright to ...
• Saul Rogovin - WasWatching.com (2013/05/15 07:28)

  Saul RogovinWasWatching.comRogovin later returned to school and earned a degree in English Literature from City College of New York and became a high school teacher in Manhattan when he was 57 years of age, teaching the poems of Langston Hughes and the novels of John ...
• Book corner - STLtoday.com (2013/05/14 22:04)

  Book cornerSTLtoday.com"Robot + Bike + Kitten" brings together his quirky illustrations with 34 of his humorous and insightful poems that will appeal to kids of all ages. Published by Treehouse Publishing Group, "Robot + Bike + Kitten" is available for $12.95 at Subterranean ...
• ASU professor selected for national award - WFXL FOX 31 (2013/05/14 17:06)

  ASU professor selected for national awardWFXL FOX 31The three-week long course is broken down into segments and is called “Don't Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry.” Among the poets studied will be famous names like Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer and more. save. send. print ...
• Ten Years After Ousting US Navy, Vieques Confronts Contamination - Huffington Post (2013/05/14 16:19)

  Ten Years After Ousting US Navy, Vieques Confronts ContaminationHuffington PostWhile the Free Associated State status that defines Puerto Rico's relationship to the US was being negotiated, and as African Americans still suffered segregation and lynching in 1951, Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes asked: "What happens to a ...
• Snyder's “Never” is reminiscent of an ugly past - Washington Post (blog) (2013/05/14 10:20)

  Snyder's “Never” is reminiscent of an ugly pastWashington Post (blog)Paul Cuffee, a Dartmouth Indian with African heritage became the first black man to sponsor a migration of U.S. blacks to Africa to protect them from discrimination in 1815 and Langston Hughes, the prolific poet laureate and novelist traced his roots ...and more »
• Barber Elementary students to read poetry at local hospital - Warren Reporter (2013/05/13 15:04)

  Barber Elementary students to read poetry at local hospitalWarren Reporter“The Dream Flags Project is inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and the tradition of Nepalese Buddhist prayer flags. It's a national project that began in 2003 with 26 schools currently involved,” said Anne Grogran, St. Luke's University Health ...
• Why Americans Fell In Love With Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey - Business Insider (2013/05/12 08:09)

  Business InsiderWhy Americans Fell In Love With Cleveland Hero Charles RamseyBusiness InsiderIt's like Clark Kent meets Jesse B Simple, the black Everyman character created by the Harlem renaissance poet Langston Hughes. An all-American Everyman who is also unmistakably and unapologetically black, flawed, and famed. In his past and his patter ...and more »
• Message to Lincoln graduates: Triumph over adversity - Daily Local News (2013/05/10 15:52)

  Message to Lincoln graduates: Triumph over adversityDaily Local NewsIt is the nation's first degree-granting historically black college and university and has produced well-known graduates such as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, poet Langston Hughes, Nigerian President Nnamdi Azikiwe and Ghana President ...and more »
• Bridwell named Caroline Teacher of the Year - My Eastern Shore (2013/05/10 06:05)

  Bridwell named Caroline Teacher of the YearMy Eastern ShoreMumin read “The Dream Keeper,” a poem by Langston Hughes, and asked Bridwell's students how it applied to their teacher. Mumin said Bridwell is delivering instruction to the students so that they may follow the “heart melodies” in the poem - their ...
• Our Cherished Mothers - Meridian Magazine (2013/05/10 03:15)

  Our Cherished MothersMeridian MagazineLullaby (For a Black Mother), a poem by Langston Hughes, and illustrated with acrylic, pencil and collage by Sean Qualls, is a beautiful poetic lullaby from one of last century's best poets. The expressive words seemingly rock back and forth over the ...and more »
• Malcolm X Birthday Celebration at the Schomburg - Amsterdam News (2013/05/09 09:40)

  Malcolm X Birthday Celebration at the SchomburgAmsterdam NewsAuthor Rosemari Mealy will lead the discussion, titled “Memories of a Meeting: Fidel and Malcolm X.” The discussion will be held in the Langston Hughes Auditorium. The event is free, but registration is required at www.schomburgcenter.eventbrite.com ...
• State Theatre presents 'Courage to Lead' - The Daily Progress (2013/05/08 01:52)

  State Theatre presents 'Courage to Lead'The Daily ProgressPerhaps the reverend doctor would quote poet Langston Hughes' "What Happens to a Dream Deferred," Scott said, reciting it: "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore -- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and ...
• Book published posthumously fitting capstone of a life's work - Tasley Eastern Shore News (2013/05/08 01:46)

  Book published posthumously fitting capstone of a life's workTasley Eastern Shore NewsFrances B. Latimer, Eastern Shore historian, author and founder of Hickory House publishing company, chose the line from Langston Hughes' poem, “Mother to Son,” as the title of the book on which she was working when she died a little more than two ...and more »
• Critics of Geno Smith everywhere ... but none of them believable - CBS sports.com (blog) (2013/05/07 15:57)

  Critics of Geno Smith everywhere ... but none of them believableCBS sports.com (blog)Wrote poetry. Won an oratorical contest by reciting a poem by Langston Hughes. And West Virginia offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson told the Post that Smith studied more film than any quarterback he'd ever seen. But that's not the real Geno Smith, ...and more »
• National Jazz Museum in Harlem Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - Jazz-Quad (2013/05/07 10:33)

  National Jazz Museum in Harlem Tuesday, May 7, 2013Jazz-QuadIn the first of our Parallax Conversation Series we bring together Sierra Leonian poet/storyteller Kewulay Kamara and StoryCorps Griot manager, Melvin Reeves for an evening of improvisation. ... internationally renowned performer who has performed at ...
• Zora Neale and My Sister - The Millions (2013/05/07 09:17)

  The MillionsZora Neale and My SisterThe MillionsI became interested in Zora Neale Hurston after reading about other early 20th century literary figures like the poet Langston Hughes, the editor Alaine Locke and the novelist Nella Larsen. Hurston's name appeared in articles about Harlem Renaissance ...
• Brooks Brothers' Gatsby Collection & Other Advertising Tie-Ins That Totally ... - Business 2 Community (2013/05/07 08:00)

  Business 2 CommunityBrooks Brothers' Gatsby Collection & Other Advertising Tie-Ins That Totally ...Business 2 CommunityHe has been offered endorsement deals from Ronald Reagan and the Chrysler Corporation, but pointedly refused them both. One more political example: Rick Santorum using a variation on a Langston Hughes line on his website. In the poem, Hughes writes: ...and more »
• Voice of Hope: Novella and Spoken Word Album Release from Seattle Author ... - PR.com (press release) (2013/05/07 07:08)

  Voice of Hope: Novella and Spoken Word Album Release from Seattle Author ...PR.com (press release)Her latest presentation took place on March 30 at the One Love Urban Poetic Experience at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Seattle. The event, which featured nine selected local and national poets, was hosted by the nonprofit organization ...and more »
• Lincoln to Offer Business Courses in Coatesville Beginning Fall - University Herald (2013/05/07 06:34)

  University HeraldLincoln to Offer Business Courses in Coatesville Beginning FallUniversity HeraldIts notable alumni include Thurgood Marshall- the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Lillian Fishburne - the first African American woman posted as Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy; Langston Hughes- a prominent poet; Kwame Nkrumah, the ...
• Congregation Solel pianist uses poetry of Wendell Berry and Langston Hughes ... - Chicago Tribune (2013/05/06 12:22)

  Chicago TribuneCongregation Solel pianist uses poetry of Wendell Berry and Langston Hughes ...Chicago TribuneThe poetry of Wendell Berry hit Congregation Solel pianist Philip Orem close to home, which is why he was moved to compose a song cycle dedicated to his works. That composition will have its world premiere at Solel in Highland Park at 7:30 p.m. Monday, ...and more »
• Theatre festival draws crowds to Playhouse - postzambia.com (2013/05/05 04:50)

  Theatre festival draws crowds to Playhousepostzambia.comThe play produced by Tafadwa Muzondo is inspired by Langston Hughes' poetic question, "What happens to a dream deferred?" In the play, Washington is a high school drop-out who has gone through a lot in search of livelihood having lost his benefactor ...
• Passion for poetry gives prisoners an outlet - Statesman Journal (2013/05/05 03:14)

  Passion for poetry gives prisoners an outletStatesman JournalWe met in an introductory poetry class, we were both young, first-generation college students ,and our favorite poem happened to be the same, “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. It was from this friendship that Prisoner's Poetry was born. It was ...
• Maxine Smith remembered as crusader for fairness, equality - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2013/05/04 12:56)

  Maxine Smith remembered as crusader for fairness, equalityMemphis Commercial Appeal“One dream Maxine had was to watch the ducks marching at The Peabody,'' Kyles recalled, noting that 50 years ago in segregated Memphis that was not so easy for the city's African-American residents. Quoting poet Langston Hughes -- “Hold fast to dreams; ...
• Devoted to the spring faith - The Daily News of Newburyport (2013/05/04 00:09)

  Devoted to the spring faithThe Daily News of NewburyportI love the smell of spring, the cast of the light, the sounds of the birds returning. I love the spring rain, in what the African-American poet Langston Hughes once called “The time of silver rain,” that time “When spring and life are new.” It is that ...
• Please Mr Ambassador, Now Give Us Fiction! - AllAfrica.com (2013/05/03 04:42)

  Please Mr Ambassador, Now Give Us Fiction!AllAfrica.comIt mirrors both the tragedy and triumph of Nubian-Egyptian writer Haggag Hassan Oddoul and African American poet Langston Hughes. Hughes' biographer Arnold Rampersad tells us, in The Life of Langston Hughes, that the great Afro-American poet ...
• Nikki Giovanni speaks at UNCA commencement - Asheville Citizen-Times (2013/05/01 21:22)

  Nikki Giovanni speaks at UNCA commencementAsheville Citizen-TimesBeyond poetry, Giovanni has written essay collections including “Racism 101,” and children's books, including “Rosa,” a picture book on Rosa Parks which was a Caldecott Honor Book. Her accolades include the 1996 Langston Hughes Medal from City ...
• Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment' - Huffington Post (2013/05/01 15:12)

  Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment'Huffington PostA Virginia high school English teacher was under investigation for allegedly asking the only black student in the class <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/18/george-c-marshall-high-sc_n_1358044.html" target="_hplink">to read a poem in a ...and more »
• After the second Boston massacre - Princeton Union Eagle (2013/05/01 12:09)

  After the second Boston massacrePrinceton Union EagleThe remarkable American poet Langston Hughes reminded us of the American spirit in “Mother to Son.” In it, the mother tells her son, and the reader, that she's “still climbin” though her life has not been, “no crystal stair.” Finally, there's the ...and more »
• What to Read: 7 Book Recommendations from CALS - InArkansas.com - In Arkansas (2013/05/01 06:03)

  In ArkansasWhat to Read: 7 Book Recommendations from CALS - InArkansas.comIn ArkansasThe collection of more than 400 poems written in many parts of the English-speaking world in the 20th Century includes works by Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, Chinua Achebe, Bob Dylan, Sylvia Plath, and John ...
• NJ teen performs in 2013 Poetry Out Loud National recitation contest - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (2013/04/30 18:43)

  NJ teen performs in 2013 Poetry Out Loud National recitation contestThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comWashington State champion Langston Ward won the 2013 Poetry Out Loud crown and its $20,000 grand prize. Runner up was Blessed Sheriff of Maryland. Ward, who is named after poet Langston Hughes, was a finalist at last year's competition. Oza chose ...and more »
• National Park Service plans to repair Carter G. Woodson house - Washington Post (2013/04/30 16:23)

  National Park Service plans to repair Carter G. Woodson houseWashington PostLangston Hughes, the renowned black poet, worked in the house in the 1920s and once was gently chastised by Woodson for wasting time playing cards. Woodson, who had driven a garbage wagon and worked as a coal miner, never married, saying he was ...and more »
• What does University of Minnesota have against the classics? - Minneapolis Star Tribune (2013/04/30 15:52)

  Minneapolis Star TribuneWhat does University of Minnesota have against the classics?Minneapolis Star TribuneIt doesn't include Fitzgerald, Bellow or Flannery O'Connor — but it does have two works each by Amy Tan, Tim O'Brien and Leslie Silko. As for poetry, no Whitman or Dickinson; no Eliot, Stevens, Frost, Millay, Langston Hughes or Elizabeth Bishop — but ...
• Rockarchive Presents: An Interview with Celebrated Rock Photographer David ... - Rock Square (2013/04/30 15:05)

  Rockarchive Presents: An Interview with Celebrated Rock Photographer David ...Rock SquareIt's his photographs of Harlem nightlife—people's house parties and stuff—with text and poems by Langston Hughes. His work is incredible and a big influence. W. Eugene Smith only did a few music photographs of the New York loft scene, so far as I know.
• Amillion gives Delaware a breath of fresh 'Air' - Dover Post (2013/04/29 23:46)

  Amillion gives Delaware a breath of fresh 'Air'Dover PostYears ago when Lucas "Amillion The Poet" Mayfield traded in his basketball for a ballpoint pen, he never fathomed a sea of people would witness him make history in the First State. ... Near the middle of the song, Amillion slickly introduces a marriage ...
• Recital to celebrate Langston Hughes today - Ventura County Star (2013/04/29 05:14)

  Recital to celebrate Langston Hughes todayVentura County StarProfessors and students will sing, dance and discuss the poetry of Langston Hughes. The free event is open to the public. For details, email mroblesd@callutheran.edu or call 493-3889. © 2013 Ventura County Star. All rights reserved. This material may ...
• Children's Book Review column focuses on poetry - Asheville Citizen-Times (2013/04/27 21:27)

  Children's Book Review column focuses on poetryAsheville Citizen-TimesIn “I, Too, Am America” critically acclaimed illustrator Bryan Collier creates a pictorial landscape for Langston Hughes' classic poem by the same name. In the poem, Hughes interprets issues of racial inequality through the eyes of a Pullman porter ...and more »
• Giovanni to accept honorary degree, speak to graduates - Winston-Salem Chronicle (2013/04/27 21:02)

  Winston-Salem ChronicleGiovanni to accept honorary degree, speak to graduatesWinston-Salem ChronicleAdditionally, she received the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry and was the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award. She has been named woman of the year by Mademoiselle magazine, The Ladies Home Journal and Ebony magazine ...
• Geno Smith : A Renaissance man , not just a NFL Draf . . . - New York Daily News (2013/04/27 20:57)

  New York Daily NewsGeno Smith : A Renaissance man , not just a NFL Draf . . .New York Daily NewsThe bright student landed in advanced story-writing and poetry classes. By the seventh grade, he was proficient in drawing with pencils and charcoal — and began painting. His recital of poetry by Harlem's Langston Hughes won Smith an award. By high ...and more »
• This Day in Black History: April 27, 1945 - BET (2013/04/27 05:18)

  BETThis Day in Black History: April 27, 1945BETStudying African-American writers like Ralph Ellison and Langston Hughes as a child, Wilson gravitated to the written word and eventually began submitting poetry pieces to various publications in his 20s. As a playwright, his best known works include ...
• Yonkers Students Take Stand Against Racism - The Daily Voice (2013/04/26 15:58)

  Yonkers Students Take Stand Against RacismThe Daily Voice“A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free,” students Melanie Perez and Diorianni Pepin said, reciting a poem by Langston Hughes. Following the rally, students and staff ...and more »
• Rare piano is restored to its original glory - Boston Globe (2013/04/26 15:19)

  Boston GlobeRare piano is restored to its original gloryBoston GlobeThat man, Ron Hansford, a retired ballet dancer and instructor who bought this piano in 1971 in his hometown of St. Louis and stored it at his mother's house there, has had it restored and is having it shipped to his home on Langston Hughes Place in ...and more »
• From DC to NYC to the World: A Gun Control Theater Action - Huffington Post (2013/04/26 10:48)

  From DC to NYC to the World: A Gun Control Theater ActionHuffington PostOliver Mayer: My play riffs on Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred." If he were alive today, Hughes would have something pithy to say about the NRA and the congressional logjam. The last question in the poem and the play remains unanswered.
• This Day in Black History: April 26, 1886 - BET (2013/04/26 05:29)

  BETThis Day in Black History: April 26, 1886BETHer music is also noted as the muse for Harlem Renaissance poets such as Langston Hughes and Sterling Brown. At 53, she passed away from a heart attack in 1939. Rainey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. BET National News ...
• Moores join pair added to Fla. Civil Rights Hall of Fame - Florida Today (2013/04/25 23:59)

  Moores join pair added to Fla. Civil Rights Hall of FameFlorida TodayHarry T. Moore is the subject of a PBS documentary, “Freedom Never Dies,” named for a poem that Langston Hughes wrote about the slaying. Also inducted into the Civil Rights Hall of Fame on Wednesday: • James B. Sanderlin, a lawyer who fought for ...
• Spare Times for April 26-May 2 - New York Times (2013/04/25 15:32)

  Spare Times for April 26-May 2New York TimesAlso on Wednesday, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Yusef Komunyakaa, bottom left, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for “Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems,” will be among the writers reading the works of authors they admire at Tishman Auditorium ...and more »
• Festivals and things to do in Ventura County - Ventura County Star (2013/04/25 14:11)

  Festivals and things to do in Ventura CountyVentura County StarLangston Hughes “Genius Child” Lecture Recital: California Lutheran University professors and students will sing, dance and discuss the poetry of Langston Hughes. 12:30 p.m. April 29, Samuelson Chapel, CLU, south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive, ...and more »
• Love Ravinia? Ticket Sales Started Today - Patch.com (2013/04/25 11:42)

  Love Ravinia? Ticket Sales Started TodayPatch.comSilver Rain: Songs by Ricky Ian Gordon Based on Poems by Langston Hughes Nicole Cabell, Soprano Ricky Ian Gordon, Piano +. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & Dining Package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.. Wednesday, July 31, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre ...and more »
• Don Lemon, Zach Wahls Debate Anti-Gay Scoutmaster (VIDEO) - Huffington Post - Huffington Post (2013/04/25 09:47)

  Don Lemon, Zach Wahls Debate Anti-Gay Scoutmaster (VIDEO) - Huffington PostHuffington PostA leader of the Harlem Renaissance, poet, writer and playwright <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313">Langston Hughes</a> is one of the most prominent historical black cultural figures. Hughes shed light on the lives of ...and more »
• Find time to explore poetry this month - Iowa City Press Citizen (2013/04/25 01:34)

  Find time to explore poetry this monthIowa City Press CitizenThe poems are arranged by months of the year and include seasonal and holiday poems by Myra Cohn Livingston, Bobbi Katz, Marchette Chute, Walt Whitman, Karla Kuskin, Langston Hughes, Walter de la Mare, Mary Ann Hoberman, e.e. cummings, Aileen ...
• BOSTON MASSACRE 2013 - WND.com (2013/04/24 17:15)

  WND.comBOSTON MASSACRE 2013WND.comThe Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.” With his new friends, Obama discussed “neocolonialism, Franz (sic) Fanon, Eurocentrism, and patriarchy” and flaunted his alienation. The literary influences Obama cited ...
• East county community briefs - Ventura County Star (2013/04/24 17:00)

  East county community briefsVentura County StarProfessors and students will sing, dance and discuss the poetry of Langston Hughes. The free event is open to the public. For more information, contact Robles-Dalany at mroblesd@callutheran.edu or 493-3889. Festival to display students' work. The ...
• Jazz Poetry Appreciation Month: Langston Hughes, 'The Weary Blues' - Classicalite (2013/04/24 15:35)

  Jazz Poetry Appreciation Month: Langston Hughes, 'The Weary Blues'ClassicaliteSure, April is Jazz Appreciation Month, but it's National Poetry Month, too. So, to celebrate BOTH words and music, Classicalite's featuring that verse which has made jazz AND poetry what they are today. The crescendo will continue on through April ...
• Kentucky Inducts First African American Poet Laureate - WFPL (2013/04/24 13:38)

  Kentucky Inducts First African American Poet LaureateWFPLEffie Waller Smith, a poet from Eastern Kentucky, a black woman writing in the Harlem Renaissance Era along with Langston Hughes and those other great writers. George Wolfe, from Frankfort, a playwright who is also very talented and nationally known.” ...and more »
• CHECK IT OUT: Poem in Your Pocket Day at library - Crestview News Bulletin (2013/04/24 08:01)

  Crestview News BulletinCHECK IT OUT: Poem in Your Pocket Day at libraryCrestview News BulletinA CD is included with poems spoken by Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooksand others. Upcoming Events: Lawn Care in Northwest Florida:10:30 a.m. May 7, with Larry Williams. Best management practices to make growing a Florida lawn less frustrating.and more »
• Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, April 25-May 1 - Washington Post (2013/04/24 07:58)

  Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, April 25-May 1Washington Post“Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets” Portraits of poets such as Walt Whitman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Allen Ginsberg are on view through Sunday. National Portrait Gallery ...
• Scientology Presents Musical Tribute to Black History Month - PRWeb - PR Web (press release) (2013/04/22 13:29)

  PR Web (press release)Scientology Presents Musical Tribute to Black History Month - PRWebPR Web (press release)... the 19th and early 20th century Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; 20th century African American composers Margaret Bonds and Howard Swanson; and the works of Harlem Renaissance poet and activist Langston Hughes and contemporary ...and more »
• Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni to speak at UNCA commencement, Warren ... - Mountain Xpress (2013/04/22 12:31)

  Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni to speak at UNCA commencement, Warren ...Mountain XpressGiovanni, the author of some 30 books for both children and adults, is one of America's most widely read poets and is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. Her many honors include the 1996 Langston Hughes Medal from The City College of ...and more »
• NAACP announces plans for 50th anniversary Freedom Fund Banquet - Jackson Sun (2013/04/22 09:57)

  NAACP announces plans for 50th anniversary Freedom Fund BanquetJackson SunCrump quoted the famed poet Langston Hughes at a news conference this morning as plans for the banquet were being announced. "The happiest moments in life are those shared with family and friends," she said. Guests for the 50th anniversary banquet ...and more »
• What Common Core Curriculum Misses - Huffington Post (2013/04/22 08:29)

  What Common Core Curriculum MissesHuffington PostThe way poetry did for 'Nor, a 17-year-old single mom who worked the 3-11 shift at Sears. 'Nor never missed a day of school because of the poets she read in class like Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Rilke, Luis Rodriguez, and her favorite, the ...and more »
• Editorial: After the marathon, what happens to applause deferred? - Wicked Local- Melrose (2013/04/22 02:37)

  Editorial: After the marathon, what happens to applause deferred?Wicked Local- MelroseThis is one of the most famous lines of poetry to come out of the 20th century, penned by Langston Hughes in the mid-1950s. On April 15, 2013, a dream was deferred for many runners in the 117th Boston Marathon. Because completing a marathon is such a ...

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