Langston Hughes Society
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The Langston Hughes Society is a United States-based literary society concerned with the work of African American
poet Langston Hughes
. The society was the first national organisation to be dedicated to the work of an African American writer. Founded after the poet's death and in the wake of the Langston Hughes Study conference of 1981 by Hughes' literary assistant George Houston Bass, the society's official publication is the Langston Hughes Review, published by Institute for African American Studies at The University of Georgia. The organisation also presents the Langston Hughes Award annually.
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
poet Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...
. The society was the first national organisation to be dedicated to the work of an African American writer. Founded after the poet's death and in the wake of the Langston Hughes Study conference of 1981 by Hughes' literary assistant George Houston Bass, the society's official publication is the Langston Hughes Review, published by Institute for African American Studies at The University of Georgia. The organisation also presents the Langston Hughes Award annually.
Further reading
- Hubbard, Dolan. “Langston Hughes Society.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (5 volumes). Ed. Hans Ostrom and Associate Ed. J. David Macey, Jr. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005. 3: 955-57.
- Deck, Alice A. “The Langston Hughes Society: Its Inaugural Year.” Langston Hughes Review 1, 2 (Fall 1982), 27–28.
- Berry, Faith. “The Universality of Langston Hughes.” Langston Hughes Review 1, 2 (Fall 1982), 1–10.