We are always in dialogue with Langston Hughes' short poem Harlem, first published in 1951. I can hear Hughes in the background of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. I hear Hughes’ poetic ...

In the poem “Harlem,” Langston Hughes asks a critical question about our lives. We all have dreams, ambitions and goals to achieve. But what happens to a dream deferred? While Hughes may have asked ...

In a column last Wednesday, it was quoted: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up? Maybe it just sags ... Or does it explode?" I don't know what was specifically on his mind when Langston ...

George Floyd’s 2nd grade teacher remembers him as “a happy boy” with big dreams inspired by black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. His teacher even framed a drawing 8-year-old George drew of ...

Equality is in the air we breathe. This excerpt is from Langston Hughes’ poem "Let America Be America Again," and it sets the tone for my response to Bill Connor’s op-ed in The Times and Democrat on ...

Sharon Cook, retired English and theater educator from the Norfolk Public Schools, clearly loves her Langston — that’s poet Langston Hughes, of course. Cook begins her taut, well-directed production ...

Langston Hughes' famous poem of the consequence to fallen dreams perfectly summarizes Drew Weaver's Masters debut, as the young Virginia Tech amateur's chances of making the cut exploded today after ...