The Langston Hughes II Quartet performs during “Phillips After 5: All That Jazz,” a collaboration between The Phillips ...

Langston Hughes is seen as one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance in the 20’s and 30’s, and is celebrated for his writing, social activism, and conception of ‘jazz poetry’. The ...

Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer ... Heck, he practically invented jazz poetry, a form focused on rhythm ...