Langston Hughes
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Nov 3, 2026
Austin BalkeGUEST
And stop thinking you're behind because there's no such thing.
Frank MendozaHOST
And of course, on social media, everyone's just going to put the I'm going to paraphrase here from Langston Hughes.
Frank MendozaHOST
Everyone's just going to put their best polished foot forward on social media.
Austin BalkeGUEST
Yeah, like I'm putting when I PR a half marathon.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Lanky, personable, and usually armed with a vulgar joke, Marshall had been known as a klatz clown growing up in Baltimore.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Langston Hughes, a classmate during his undergrad years at Lincoln University, described him as a rough and ready, loud and wrong, good-natured, and uncouth.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
He strained up when he decided to become a lawyer and set his sights on enrolling at the University of Maryland's law school.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
but he was unable to attend because of the colors of his skin, an injustice that would motivate much of his career.
Greg CarrHOST
And they're talking about those days.
Greg CarrHOST
And Clark gives a couple of comments that lets us know he's not just talking about those days because he came to New York in 1933, became a protege, a junior protege of Arturo Schaumburg, became a friend of Langston Hughes and Zora Hurston, who were talked about and all these kind of things.
Greg CarrHOST
And as he's talking and thinking with them, as he's sitting there next to William Patterson.
Greg CarrHOST
With Louise Thompson Patterson there, it's quite a film.
Van LathanHOST
This is interesting.
Van LathanHOST
It split the black literary community as some, including Langston Hughes and Nella Larson, appreciated it while others like W.E.B. Du Bois regarded as an affront to the hospitality of black folks.
Van LathanHOST
Like this guy, Carl Van Vechten, got in with the crew and then went too far.
Tate FrazierHOST
Like, he's
William J. Barber IIGUEST
And we have to understand what have been some of the obstacles.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
It's in 1935 that Langston Hughes writes a poem, America has never been America to me, but I swear there's hope for America to be.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
And he does not call for just black people to be moving.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
He talks about black people and workers and the Native Americans.
Sandra MogensenHOST
So, again, that fight in her is just extraordinary to be able to achieve all of that in those conditions.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
And she says that it is the writings of Langston Hughes.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
That really anchor her during this period, you know, that she discovers his writings, you know, while going through the stacks at the Evanston Public Library.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
And it's these words, his words resonate and they stir something deeply in her.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
Right.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
And so, you know, she becomes involved in the Negro Theater Project in Chicago, which, you know, is formed some of the first.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
collaborations with Langston Hughes.
Tammy KernodleGUEST
She's existing in a jazz space.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
That's how we move community together.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
So for all of the things that you will go through, that you have to deal with, I leave you with the words of Langston Hughes, especially my scholarship recipients, there will be rivers that you have to cross.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
There will be streams that you have to bear.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
There will be times when it will not be easy.
7 MINS LATER
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
And as the preeminent repository of African-American life in Jacksonville and the historic and amazing James Weldon and John Rossman Johnson being from Jacksonville, I will tell you that having the history and lineage that we have in Jacksonville and being able to capture it at the Ritz is something that I think every community needs because black history is American history.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
We have a history of this place.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
It reminds me of that Langston Hughes poem, I Do Sing America, because we are a part know as America.
Rahman JohnsonGUEST
But I think a lot of times our communities don't capture it properly.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
And we have to understand what have been some of the obstacles.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
It's in 1935 that Langston Hughes writes a poem, America Has Never Been America to Me.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
but I swear there's O for America B.
William J. Barber IIGUEST
And he does not call for just black people to be moving.
Taronda ThomasCORRESPONDENT
The Friday night matchup features the Virginia Union University Panthers taking on the Lincoln University Lions, a school that counts among its alumni, Mayor Sherelle Parker.
Cherelle ParkerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is the alma mater of Thurgood Marshall and the poet Langston Hughes.
Taronda ThomasCORRESPONDENT
More than 4,000 high school students across Philadelphia were bussed in to enjoy not just the game, but a college and career fair.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's nice to see all the opportunities laid out in front of us, and the people from the colleges are very engaging.
Taronda ThomasCORRESPONDENT
The Friday night matchup features the Virginia Union University Panthers taking on the Lincoln University Lions, a school that counts among its alumni, Mayor Sherell Parker.
Cherelle ParkerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is the alma mater of Thurgood Marshall and the poet Langston Hughes.
Taronda ThomasCORRESPONDENT
More than 4,000 high school students across Philadelphia were bussed in to enjoy not just the game, but a college and career fair.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's nice to see all the opportunities laid out in front of us, and the people from the colleges are very engaging.
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