I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. One of the most famous Langston Hughes poems is also one of his earliest: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” was ...

One of the most famous Langston Hughes poems is also one of his earliest: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” was published in 1921 in The Crisis, the magazine of the National Association for the ...

Langston Hughes remains one of the most celebrated poets in ... been beloved Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes's 115th ... time to revisit some of Hughes's most famous poems, ...

Books; Poetry: Langston Hughes' words are in sync with new political era. Published: ; Jan. 16, 2009, 4:33 p.m.

A curator displays a copy of the book Famous Negro Music Makers, written and signed by Langston Hughes, in Harlem, New York, May. 17, 2016. Getty Every year since 1976, February has been ...

Langston Hughes makes Walt Whitman—his literary hero—more explicitly political with his assertion “I, too, sing America.” NPG, Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins 1891 (printed 1979) ...

The poet, playwright and novelist Langston Hughes died 50 years ago this week. At his death, Hughes’ stature as a canonical figure in American culture was assured.

Arts collective in Langston Hughes' home carries on poet's legacy 04:58. Our series, A More Perfect Union, aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us.In this ...

I learned that Langston Hughes wrote a poem about Black voters in Miami while researching a story six years ago. In “The Ballad of Sam Solomon,” Hughes documents how Overtown resident Samuel B ...

Before CNNMoney's story, the "I, too" arts collective (named after one of Hughes' most famous poems about African-Americans, which ends with the line "I, too, am America") had raised about $25,000 ...