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John Fielding,
CEO
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Editorial Langston Hughes famously asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center operates as a cultural performing arts center under the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.
She was also one of the founders of the Langston Hughes Library and provided funding for the expansion and upgrade of every library in her district.
Langston Hughes commemorative stamp unveiled at state capitol.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center was the realization of a grass-roots effort to create a community library that would reflect and celebrate the heritage of African-Americans.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Langston Hughes gave the African American experience a voice as a poet, essayist, novelist, playwright and columnist of the Harlem Renaissance and beyond.
For Langston Hughes, best known as the "poet laureate" of the Harlem Renaissance, racism is a mindset that blinds both black and white Americans to their common interests in creating a better life.
Langston Hughes wanted something better for Black children and began writing books and poems expressly for them.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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In 1953 Langston Hughes was summoned before HUAC because of his earlier praisings of Communist and Socialist ideals.
Organized by Langston Hughes-Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club for the eve of Gay Pride Day.
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