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Harlem, by Langston Hughes
2017
26 minutes
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, featuring Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton, Sonia Sanchez, and a chorus of kids at the Harlem Children's Zone.

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Rhythms in Poetry
2003
28 minutes
Amidst the chaos following World War I, Ezra Pound urged poets to "Make it new!" This call was heeded by a large range of poets, ranging from T. S. Eliot to Jean Toomer. This program explores the modernist lyrics of two of these poets: William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes. What is modernism? How did these poets start a revolution that continues until this day?

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Zora Neal Hurston's Childhood
2005
42 minutes
Born in 1891 to John Hurston, a carpenter and Baptist preacher, and Lucy Hurston, a former school teacher, Zora Neale Hurston learned early that she stood apart from her siblings. Her father's infidelities influenced her own adult relationships.

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1. opens new windowZora Neale Hurston's Childhood
2. opens new windowHurston's Childhood Hometown
3. opens new windowHurston's Early Writing Career
4. opens new windowZora Neale Hurston: A Fresh New Voice In Harlem
   Description: "In 1925 Zora moved to Harlem, a place for African Americans to be in their own culture. She entered a literary competition and won the most awards. Her fresh, new voice addressed timeless topics and universal themes during the Harlem Renaissance."
5. opens new windowHurston: Anthropology and the Harlem Renaissance
6. opens new windowHurston: Southern Folklore and Hoodoo
   Description: "A grant and her patron, Mrs. Rufus Mason, allowed Hurston to collect Southern Negro folklore. She married Herbert Sheen, but their careers doomed the marriage. In New Orleans, Hurston immersed herself in hoodoo, resulting in the novel 'Mules and Men.'"
7. opens new windowPersonal and Professional Conflicts for Hurston
8. opens new windowHurston's Life and Career During the Depressions
9. opens new windowHurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
10. opens new windowBlack Vernacular in the 1920s and 1930s
11. opens new windowHurston as Writer and Anthropologist
12. opens new windowFacing False Allegations and Poverty
13. opens new windowHurston' Final Years
14. opens new windowHurston' Death and Legacy

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Langston Hughes: His Life and Times
2003
7 videos. Total runtime: 26 minutes

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1. opens new windowLangston Hughes: Beginnings
2. opens new windowLangston Hughes: Religious Experience
3. opens new windowLangston Hughes: Writing
4. opens new windowHarlem Renaissance
5. opens new windowLangston Hughes' Creative Source
6. opens new windowHughes Assist Younger Writers
7. opens new windowLangston Hughes' Place in American Literature

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Langston Hughes: Salvation
2002
31 minutes
Adaptation of the essay "Salvation" by Langston Hughes from his memoir, The Big Sea.

Zora Neale Hurston

opens new windowZora Neale Hurston (In Bloom's Literature)
Includes reference, criticism, images, videos and timelines.

opens new windowLibrary Catalog: Hurston, Nora Zeale (author search)

Langston Hughes

opens new windowLangston Hughes (In Bloom's Literature)
Includes reference, criticism, literary works, images, videos and timelines.

opens new windowLibrary Catalog: Hughes, Langston (author search)