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In his first novel, Langston Hughes sang a song of himself
Today, Langston Hughes is known as one of the greatest American poets to ... a cyclone scene to rival The Wizard of Oz in intensity—tells the story of Sandy, a young Black man with literary ...
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7 Facts About Literary Icon Langston Hughes
Mary Langston relayed her gift for storytelling through tales of slavery, heroism, and family heritage. Young Hughes also ...
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"Voting Report Cards" sent to Marylanders are illegal, says AG
Some Maryland residents have expressed concern about getting letters recently that show their neighbors' voting records and ...
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Black Student Union
The Langston Hughes Elementary School Black Student Union is currently seeking volunteers to support their efforts in empowering and uplifting students of color. This volunteer opportunity is ...
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AG: Nonprofit behind controversial mailer ‘will not improperly contact voters’
A nonprofit organization, which was at the center of a cease-and-desist letter from the Maryland attorney general over election mailers, issued a defiant response Friday and will now face no further ...
'It just lifted me': New research suggests shared reading groups combat loneliness—and the effects can be astounding
In Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles asked: "All the lonely people—where do they all come from?" The answer to that question is ...
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When Scandinavia Was a Hotbed of Black American Culture
Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century” zeroes in on a far less charted corner of Black history than that of ...
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When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’
In 1926, a cohort of young writers including Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Bennett published Fire!!, a journal intended to be quarterly that ...
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Take Me Into the Ballgame
Both “hold fast to dreams,” as Langston Hughes exhorted ... which begins in the Asante Kingdom in 1860 as young Kofi prepares for his initiation into manhood. That book ends with Kofi adrift ...
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50 years later, Charis stays relevant by changing with the times
On a late afternoon in October, as the sunlight turns soft and golden, Suzannah Hasbroek sits in a comfy chair on the broad front porch of Charis Books & More in Decatur and looks across Candler ...
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Steve Ray: Diploma means more when you’ve had to wait so long to get it
This is a time of graduation, when high schools and colleges are passing out diplomas and young people are ... moved from right to left. As Langston Hughes said, “I, too, sing America.” ...
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101 Famous Authors And Greatest Writers Of All Time
Langston Hughes. Famous quote ... old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that Uncle George ...