Langston Hughes is known as the people’s poet. I would say Biggers is the people’s painter. The man and the work are one.” ...

Palestine’s Community Mpact honored Anderson County Commissioner Rashad Mims with its “Man of the Year” award during its second Celebration of Black History Month Gala on Saturday night. Mims has ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

Poet and writer Langston Hughes, famous for his elucidations of Black American life in his poems, stories, autobiographies, and histories, was born in Joplin, Missouri, on Feb. 1, 1901 or 1902.

The film’s title is derived from the Langston Hughes poem “Merry-Go-Round ... “The stories that became famous were the ones that made national news — Montgomery Bus Boycott, Birmingham ...

Love Letters and Langston (Feb. 10): Teens ages 13 and up can gain experience writing poetry and love letters in this two-hour workshop at Woodson Regional Branch. They will also be introduced to the ...

The Logan Center was the place to be last Friday night if you were interested in hearing classical music from the 17th ...

Jason Miller, a distinguished professor in the English Department of N.C. State, shares something in common with King — a love of Langston Hughes ... references to Hughes’ body of work, particularly ...

Hall took the "I've Known Rivers" title from a haunting poem by Langston Hughes. "I’ve known rivers:/I’ve known ... labor like a familiar visit to a hair salon on a Saturday, famous people who have ...

Principal Andrew Taylor told more than 400 students, staff and community members in attendance he had drawn inspiration from an art installation of rainbow wings created by BMMS students coupled with ...

1908— Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is incorporated. The Black Greek-let­ter organization was actually found­ed, however, on Dec. 4, 1906. The “brothers of the black and gold” have included as members a ...