This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.

A learning module that begins with the poem "Poetry Means the World to Me" by Tony Medina, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

An in-depth analysis of "I, Too, Sing America," a poem by Langston Hughes.

Langston Hughes' collection of "Weary Blues" is posted on this page by Blues Online. With eleven poems and a picture of the Harlem Renaissance poet.

This site from Modern American Poetry provides a review of the famous poem by Langston Hughes. The information that is provided is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out.

This site, which is provided for by the University at Buffalo, gives the text of three of the poems of this famous Harlem Renaissance author.

Contains an audio recording and a text of the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes provided by the Academy of American Poets.

This is the full text of the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. It includes a short bio of Langston Hughes and a focuses for the reader: As you read, take notes on the metaphor and larger message presented in the text. [Free...

The poem "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-instructional activity unit on theme where students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes to find examples of author's voice in poetry, and the book The Random House Book of Poetry...

This is a detailed biography on the often turbulent life and poetry of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963 CE). Included are links to full-texts of Plath's poems and images.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad to learn to identify and understand the use of simile and metaphor in...

A learning module that begins with the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

A learning module that begins with "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

This video segment from A Walk Through Harlem features the poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.

This lesson is an introduction to the play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, which is set in Chicago in the 1950s. It features links to two of Langston Hughes's poems that influenced the title of the play and a Lorraine...

A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Generosity by Mary Hughs, a book of poetry for children.

This Academy of American Poets webpage provides, in addition to a short overview of his life, a selected bibliography as well as hyperlinks to a number of Auden's poems such as "On the Circuit" (read by the author), "Lullaby," and "The...

This video segment from A Walk Through Harlem features the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.

Professor Kate Rushin describes the Harlem Renaissance as a large social and cultural movement fueled by many factors in this video from A Walk Through Harlem.