While Hughes’ writings are representative of black culture in America between the 1920s and 1950s, his achievements in writing are still very much a part of American culture today. Malcolm Jamal Warner, from The Cosby Show, and the Ron McCurdy Quartet are currently touring with The Langston Hughes Project, a multimedia concert of Langston Hughes’ poem, Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. A commemorative edition of his first book, “The Weary Blues,” was also reissued by the original publisher this year as a tribute to the writer and poet. Langston Hughes is an important historical figure in U.S. and African American
While Hughes’ writings are representative of black culture in America between the 1920s and 1950s, his achievements in writing are still very much a part of American culture today. Malcolm Jamal Warner, from The Cosby Show, and the Ron McCurdy Quartet are currently touring with The Langston Hughes Project, a multimedia concert of Langston Hughes’ poem, Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz. A commemorative edition of his first book, “The Weary Blues,” was also reissued by the original publisher this year as a tribute to the writer and poet. Langston Hughes is an important historical figure in U.S. and African American