
Let America Be America Again
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- Introduction
- 1: From Busboy Poet to an International Voice for the Working Masses
- "Langston Hughes, 'Busboy Poet' and Writer of 'Weary Blues,' Tells How a Long Shot First Gave Him a Chance to Scale Height," 1926
- Langston Hughes, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," 1926
- Floyd J. Calvin, "Langston Hughes Answers His Critics," 1927
- Langston Hughes, "These Bad New Negroes: A Critique on Critics," 1927
- Nicolás Guillén, Translated by Edward J. Mullen, "Conversation with Langston Hughes," 1929
- Langston Hughes, "Negro Art and Its Audience," 1931
- Langston Hughes, "Negro Art and Publicity Value," 1931
- Langston Hughes, "Negro Art and The Artist," 1931
- "Langston Hughes Sends Message From Russia to Voters: Noted Poet Sees Hope in Communist Party," 1932
- Langston Hughes, "Portion of a Speech by Langston Hughes Before the Pan-Pacific Club of Tokyo, June 30, 1933, As Reported in the Japan Advertiser Tokyo, July 1, 1933"
- Langston Hughes, "From Moscow to Shanghai," 1933
- "Negro Author Is Tossed Out by Japanese-Writer Prohibited to Stay in Japan After Visits to Russia and Shanghai," 1933
- Langston Hughes, "To Negro Writers,""1935
- Langston Hughes, Radio Broadcast Regarding the Third United States Congress Against War and Fascism, Cleveland, Ohio, 1936
- Langston Hughes, Excerpt from "The Negro Faces Fascism," a speech Hughes made at the Third U. S. Congress Against War and Fascism, Cleveland, Ohio, 1936
- Langston Hughes, "Too Much of Race," 1937
- Langston Hughes, "Negroes in Spain," 1937
- Langston Hughes, "Madrid's House of Culture," 1937
- "Negro Poet Notes Racial Prejudices-Langston Hughes Declares It Exists Throughout North America," 1938
- George Harris, "The Worker's Poet: An Interview with Langston Hughes," 1938
- Langston Hughes, "Writers, Words and the World," Speech at the International Writers Association for the Defense of Culture, Paris, France, 1938
- Langston Hughes, "Democracy and Me," Speech at the Public Session of the Third American Writers' Congress, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1939
- 2: Jim Crow, Economics, War, and the Black Writer
- "Dunbar Gave Inspiration to His Work, Author Says," 1940
- Langston Hughes, "Let's Get It Straight [Concerning 'Goodbye, Christ']," 1941
- Langston Hughes, "Democracy, Negroes, and Writers," Speech made in absentia, Fourth Congress of the League of American Writers, New York City, 1941
- "Poet Explains Crux of Color Problem Here-Langston Hughes Reads Many Poems at Century Club," 1943
- Langston Hughes and Others, "Let's Face the Race Question," 1944
- "Hughes Speaks On Racial Works: Tells of His Observations of Minority Problems in Other Nations," 1944
- "Poetry To Be Appreciated Must 'Come Easy'-Langston Hughes," 1944
- William A. Caldwell, "Decay of an Idea: II," 1945
- Stella Kamp, "Langston Hughes Speaks to Young Writers," 1946
- Mary Harrington, "Jim Crow Can't Keep a Poet Down," 1947
- Langston Hughes and the Editors, "Some Practical Observations: A Colloquy," 1950
- Langston Hughes, "Ten Ways to Use Poetry in Teaching," speech at the Public Meeting of the College Language Association's Eleventh Annual Conference, Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, 1951
- 3: Hughes Faces McCarthyism
- Testimony of Langston Hughes (Accompanied by His Counsel, Frank D. Reeves), Tuesday, 24 March 1953
- Public Testimony of Langston Hughes (Accompanied by His Counsel, Frank D. Reeves), 26 March 1953
- "Langston Hughes Speaks," 1953
- 4: The Racial Artist Confronts the Blacklist
- Langston Hughes, "Jazz as Communication," 1956
- Langston Hughes, "Humor and the Negro Press," 1957
- Langston Hughes, "Langston Hughes Speech at the National Assembly of Authors and Dramatists Symposium: 'The Writer's Position in America," 1957
- Martha MacGregor, "Simple Is Back," 1957
- Ted Poston, "Closeup: The 'Simple' World of Langston Hughes," 1957
- Jim Davis, "F.Y.I.-For Your Information," 1958
- Langston Hughes, "Writers: Black and White," Speech at The American Society of African Culture's Conference of Negro Writers, New York City, 1959
- Langston Hughes, "Langston Hughes' Acceptance of the Spingarn Medal," 1960
- "Langston Hughes, Writer (No Date)," 1960
- "Ministers Protest Poet's Mills Talk," 1961
- "Langston Hughes Interviewed by Reuben and Dorothy Silver," 1961
- 5: The International Dignitary Caps a Distinguished Career
- Nat Hentoff, Moderator, with Langston Hughes and Others, "The Negro in American Culture," 1961
- Ted Poston, "Closeup: At Home with the Poet," 1962
- Langston Hughes, "American Interest in African Culture," Address at the Opening of the USIS Center and Library, Accra, Ghana, 1962
- Lewis Nichols, "Poems to Play: Langston Hughes Describes the Genesis of His 'Tambourines to Glory,'" 1963
- Walter Kerr, "Banned on TV, Writer's Story Told: 'I'm Not a Formal Poet . . . Highly Conventional,'" 1963
- Langston Hughes, "Hold Fast to Dreams," Address at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1964
- Langston Hughes and Geoffrey Bridson, "Langston Hughes Discusses the Position of the Negro in America Today," 1964
- Langston Hughes, "A Letter from America," 1965
- Langston Hughes, "Black Writers in a Troubled World," Address at the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1966
- Richard Rive, "Taos in Harlem: An Interview with Langston Hughes," 1967
- Notes
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