Langston Hughes – Poet, Novelist, Playwright and Columnist
His father left the family soon after Langston’s birth, and his mother traveled looking for work, so his maternal grandmother primarily raised him in Lawrence, Kansas. After Hughes’ grandmother died, he moved with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio, until he graduated high school. Langston enrolled at Columbia University in 1921, just as the Harlem Renaissance was coalescing. The Black cultural movement would become a period of outstanding artistic and literary achievement by Black artists such as Hughes, Wallace Thurman, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps, and Zora Neal Hurston. These creatives experimented with themes of race, class, gender, and sexuality in their work and lives that had previously been taboo.
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Donald Trump has declared war on the people. In the few weeks since his inauguration, we have witnessed horrifying stories of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids carried out under his administration’s orders to round up undocumented people. These raids have taken place in schools, at public transit stops, in grocery stores, and at homes – spaces where we should all be free and safe.
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Statement on the Ceasefire Agreement in Palestine
Our hearts are a bit lighter and we join in celebrating a small feeling of relief for our Palestinian relatives who have been subjected to what is nothing short of genocide…
