Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

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

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will kick off with the documentary "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round," documenting the fight to ...

Poet, playwright, novelist, and social activist Langston Hughes and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared a ...

In one of his timeless and memorable poems, Langston Hughes, author and poet of The Harlem Renaissance, asked the question: ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

If Darolyn Brown was a poem, the words flowing across the page would tell the story of a young girl who grew up reading ...

Joe Wilson Jr. performs In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes at the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry ...

Langston Hughes was known as a key figure in both literary and artistic spaces during the Harlem Renaissance era.

Centenary’s Hurley School of Music is collaborating with the Red River Poetry Society, Centenary’s student poetry organization, and the College’s Black Student Union to present a performance and ...

Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician and activist Randall Ashe.

Jan Donley thought of a snag as something negative, an annoyance or hiccup. Then she learned more about the snags in forests ...