Topic: Langston Hughes
AP News | 2009-11-13 00:57:36
Group seeks to preserve Cleveland home where writer Langston Hughes lived as a teen
A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that aims to preserve it. The Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. says options include renovating it into a residence or restoring it to create a Hughes museum. Hughes was ...
Zumapress | 2009-08-04 05:57:49
The Langston Hughes Performing Arts danced its way along the parade route to Judkins Park in the annual Umoja Fest event. Previously known as the East Madison Mardi Gras, and the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, Umoja - organizers say - is ...
Zumapress | 2009-08-04 05:56:35
After each dance number Langston Hughes Performing Arts members got misted. The dance troupe took advantage of the parade to promote their upcoming stage presentation, ''Bobos.
AP News | 2009-07-22 14:59:48
Writer Langston Hughes' boyhood home in Ohio sold in foreclosure, bank to put it on market
A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure in Cleveland. The 2 1/2-story, wood-frame house on the city's east side was sold at a sheriff's auction in February for $16,667. Wells Fargo bank plans to put ...
