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Hace 3 días · Poet Langston Hughes also saw Shuffle Along as a seminal event in the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance. It introduced him to the creative world of New York, and it helped to redefine and energize music and nightlife in Harlem.
Hace 2 días · In the decade Holiday recorded "Strange Fruit," Harlem Renaissance writers W.E.B. Du Bois, Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes all centered works around the figure of the crucified Black Christ.
Hace 5 días · More than a straightforward cinematic portrait of this monumental figure, Looking for Langston is a revisionist evocation of the queer milieu in which Hughes may have moved. In one sequence in the ...
Hace 5 días · By introducing Simone to Baldwin and the poet Langston Hughes, Hansberry ensured her close friend would be embraced by other queer writers who understood something about difference. Simone would feel empowered to honestly express herself in the early 1960s, when she began penning and performing more political songs.
Hace 3 días · Hughes, Langston and Prentiss Taylor. 1932. Scottsboro Limited: Four Poems and a Play in Verse. NY: The Golden Stair Press. Creator. Langston Hughes and Prentiss Taylor. Source. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library. Publisher. The Golden Stair Press. Date. 1932. Contributor. Curtis Small. Language. English. Type. Text
Hace 5 días · His music touched well-known writer Langston Hughes. Hughes admired Armstrong and acknowledged him as one of the most recognized musicians of the era. Hughes wrote many books that celebrated jazz and recognized Armstrong as one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance's newfound love of African-American culture.
Hace 1 día · With a libretto by writer Langston Hughes, the work first captured Weill when he saw Elmer Rice’s play of the same name in 1930. Rice later agreed to a musical adaptation, with Street Scene opening on Broadway in 1947 and earning the first Tony Award for best original score.
