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Discover the role of the District in Langston Hughes' journey as a writer and poet. Explore his life and influence in "The Selected Letters of Langston Hughes."

Langston Hughes, American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and who vividly depicted the African American experience through his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns. Learn more about Hughes’s life and work.

Langston Hughes, in full James Mercer Langston Hughes, (born February 1, 1902?, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York), American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns. While it was long believed that Hughes was born in 1902, new research released in 2018 indicated that he might have been born the previous year. H...

Megan Coates 21 and Eva Leaverton attended the first Pharos Summit 2022: Greek-U.S. Collaboration in Higher Education November 5-11, 2022 in Athens, Greece.