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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Langston Hughes photograph

 Collection — Box BW 51, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16783
Content Description This collection contains a single black-and-white photograph of Langston Hughes, noted American poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. In the picture, Hughes is surrounded by students after speaking at Harlem's Public School #113 graduation exercises which was also attended by students at James Madison High School and New York City grade school students. Mimeographed caption label with "Newspictures, Inc. ... please credit 'Acme Photo' ..." -- rubber-stamped on verso....
Dates: June 25, 1945

Langston Hughes photograph with women journalists-addition 1

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 8870
Content Description This addition to MSS 8870, Langston Hughes Collection, contains an 8" x 10" gelatin silver press photograph of Langston Hughes and Anna Land Butler, who is signing a book, surrounded by several Black female journalists. The land is likely signing her first book, "Album of Love Letters Unsent," published in 1952. Included with the picture is a typed caption identifying all the sitters and handwritten annotations indicating those who were deceased. Those identified in the photograph are Janice...
Dates: C. 1952

Langston Hughes photograph

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2023-0066

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Collection 2
Unprocessed Material 1
 
Subject
African Americans -- Photographs 2
Poets 2
African American Women Authors 1
African American women 1
Women journalists 1