American poet Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. poets.org image
Langston Hughes’s birthday kicks off Black Heritage Month, a month many academic and history organizations dedicate to emphasizing the history of Africans in the U.S. in an attempt to offset the historical slighting of those stories.
Google’s doodle is dedicated to Hughes today — and a lot of people offered birthday wishes, a very interesting mix of people.
Which is your favorite verse from Mr. Hughes?
And on Twitter, a lot of thought.
Travel through Langston Hughes’ poem “I Dream a World” in our doodle for his 113th birthday. http://t.co/5QZNT8pE99 pic.twitter.com/1KlG0NRCh5
— Google (@google) February 1, 2015
Langston Hughes himself seems to be on Twitter:
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
— Langston Hughes (@langston_poems) February 1, 2015
Happy Birthday to the late, great poet Langston Hughes. pic.twitter.com/dOguGdpKJ8
— AllDefPoetry (@AllDefPoetry) February 1, 2015
Langston Hughes' 113th birthday honored through animated Google Doodle http://t.co/Wj3tAK0so7 pic.twitter.com/v0z0Z2X9H8
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) February 1, 2015
Happy birthday, Langston Hughes! Celebrate with his little-known children’s book about jazz http://t.co/jGYXy8ZvXp pic.twitter.com/oqhSnZEqjg
— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) February 1, 2015
Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes! See his poetry in ancient issues of Poetry magazine http://t.co/ZQ9DPHCt4d pic.twitter.com/wCQDAwuRTO
— Poetry Foundation (@PoetryFound) February 1, 2015
Here's another Langston Hughes poem that might be more fitting for the times. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/Sd75H6piio
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 1, 2015
It's fitting Langston Hughes' birthday kicks off #BlackHistory / #BlackFuturesMonth. He taught us about dreams. pic.twitter.com/D23V8FSBl2
— britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) February 1, 2015
Happy Birthday to Langston Hughes. 1 of my favorites: Mother to Son "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" #tlap pic.twitter.com/bTOYW4CsxI
— Dave Burgess (@burgessdave) February 1, 2015
happy birthday Langston Hughes! via Instagram http://t.co/sS9SekWCvv pic.twitter.com/a2QfI6lBBH
— HRDCVR (@xHRDCVRx) February 1, 2015
"I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, Why Democracy means, Everybody but me." ~ Langston Hughes pic.twitter.com/dWSwvoUfi4
— Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) February 1, 2015
Happy Birthday Langston Hughes! #LangstonHughes #amwriting pic.twitter.com/2g8HL8YiHK
— NYLS (@NewYorkLiterary) February 1, 2015
Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes! pic.twitter.com/LFcGyiANme
— Busboys and Poets (@busboysandpoets) February 1, 2015
#tdih 1902 Langston Hughes–poet, activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist was born.More: http://t.co/6WSgYXfBBR pic.twitter.com/dBadxiuBW8
— Zinn Ed Project (@ZinnEdProject) February 1, 2015
The great poet & wordsmith, Langston Hughes would have been 113 today! We honor his life & legacy! #BlackExcellence pic.twitter.com/1z8ocRwMxJ
— OBS_STL (@OBS_STL) February 1, 2015
Credit where credit is due. Today's Google Doodle is fantastic. >> Langston Hughes’ 113th birthday. pic.twitter.com/fkD3wfOlSO
— John Edwin Mason (@johnedwinmason) February 1, 2015
Brother Langston Hughes he was in his twenties. Thankful for his legacy of #BlackBrilliance http://t.co/9nlEaXfWI6 pic.twitter.com/FvrZ9qFP9X
— David Johns (@MrDavidJohns) February 1, 2015
Great Google doodle for Langston Hughes' birthday http://t.co/TQBFxRefXE pic.twitter.com/PKLyny2rNF
— Carol Jago (@CarolJago) February 1, 2015
So back to Langston Hughes …. pic.twitter.com/hdYcCQj8JN
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) February 1, 2015
We celebrate the birth and journey of our amazing brother Langston Hughes born 113 years ago today. pic.twitter.com/zmyk7EDNtP
— Taurean (@TheBlackVoice) February 1, 2015
Much love to Langston Hughes on his born on date #nerdland pic.twitter.com/bAEqmNLFA7
— PopCultureHusky (@HuskyBro_Inc) February 1, 2015
Much love to Langston Hughes on his born on date #nerdland pic.twitter.com/bAEqmNLFA7
— PopCultureHusky (@HuskyBro_Inc) February 1, 2015
Langston Hughes would be 113 years old, today #TheDreamKeeper #HBD pic.twitter.com/JKrcDGZxLV
— Shekeela Jones (@ShekeelaJones) February 1, 2015
#TDIH Langston Hughes the great Black American poet, activist and novelist was born #OnThisDay http://t.co/URoxddvfdL pic.twitter.com/WtdYRUqKcO
— The Crisis Magazine (@thecrisismag) February 1, 2015
Happy 113th Birthday to Lawrence Kid Langston Hughes! Before the game, read some of his work w/ your Lawrence kid… pic.twitter.com/ua3EcPEvIU
— Lawrence Kids (@LawrenceKids) February 1, 2015
Happy Birthday Langston Hughes! pic.twitter.com/zdP1tFQiFW
— Annie (@txstarkeeper) February 1, 2015
"My motto, As I live and learn, is: Dig And Be Dug In Return." Happy birthday, Langston Hughes! pic.twitter.com/PzeLMxYaqy
— Northshire Bookstore (@NorthshireBooks) February 1, 2015
Google Doodle commemorates Langston Hughes (born Feb. 1, 1902). #BlackHistoryMonth http://t.co/xTXZLAI1M3 pic.twitter.com/vaoBpgTtaI
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 1, 2015
Langston Hughes was born 113 years ago today. Here is the poet's 1944 essay on life in Harlem. http://t.co/KpQnFKEWmx pic.twitter.com/d4UTqlAGaU
— The New Republic (@tnr) February 1, 2015
More:
- Langston Hughes at poets.org, The Academy of American Poets
- Langston Hughes at the Poetry Foundation
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