Langston Hughes Shorts

Description: Langston Hughes Hope Style Retro Poster Art

Description: Langston Hughes was a prolific African American poet, playwright, and social activist whose powerful works captured the experiences and struggles of Black Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. Renowned for his innovative use of jazz rhythms and colloquial language, Hughes's poetry and prose celebrated the beauty, resilience, and aspirations of Black culture, inspiring generations with his eloquent expression of the African American experience.

Description: In the life of Langston Hughes, art and the fight for justice and equality were indistinguishable. He was the Harlem Renaissance leader and a prominent author of the movement that was called jazz poetry. His verse is simple, communicative, his ideas bright. His poems are printed all over the world.

Description: Langston Hughes quote: To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.

Description: Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.

Description: Langston Hughes quote: An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

Description: Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

Description: Harlem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

Description: A beautiful quote by poet, Langston Hughes

Description: Langston Hughes portrait and quote: I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

Description: Langston Hughes quote: Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby

Description: Langston Hughes portrait and quote: Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.

Description: Langston Hughes quote: I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Description: Langston Hughes - Black History Legend

Description: Langston Hughes quote: Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby

Description: Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and author of I, Too, The Weary Blues, The Negro Speaks of Rivers and The Dream keeper and Other Poems.

Description: Does it explode?

Description: Langston Hughes portrait and quote: Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry— I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

Description: US Black Heritage series postage stamp honoring Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.

Description: A stylized portrait of Langston Hughes, depicted in a bold, reduced color palette. The background is split vertically, with a red section on the left and a blue section on the right. Text at the bottom reads "LANGSTON HUGHES" in white capital letters on a black band.

Description: Langston Hughes Quote - inspiring retro style quote art.

Description: Langston Hughes - Poet - Colourful, pop art style design

Description: A powerful quote from one of the greatest poets from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes. This line comes from his famous poem about equality, "I, Too". This is an item from our literary collection which pays homage to the literary giants who have shaped the way we see the world. From Langston Hughes’ inspiring verses to Jane Austen's witticisms, our designs transport you to worlds of imagination and enlightenment. Wear the words that resonate with your soul, and celebrate the authors who have left an indelible mark on literature. Surround yourself with the power of words and let your favorite authors inspire you every day. Click on the “Literature” album in our storefront to see all our authors and quotes!

Description: Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and author of I, Too, The Weary Blues, The Negro Speaks of Rivers and The Dream keeper and Other Poems.

Description: Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and author of I, Too, The Weary Blues, The Negro Speaks of Rivers and The Dream keeper and Other Poems.

Description: Langston Hughes quote: I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?

Description: Hold Fast To Dreams, Langston Hughes, Black History, Quote

Description: Langston Hughes quote: I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?

Description: Here is a portrait of young Langston Hughes (1902-1967), one of the most prominent American poets of the 20th century. About his poetry, Langston said, “I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street... had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going." The portrait has been created digitally based on his early photographs.

Description: harlem renaissance

Description: A Quote from "Harlem" by Langston Hughes: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?"

Description: ”I swear to the Lord I still can’t see why democracy means everybody but me.” —Langston Hughes. I still can’t see why democracy means everybody but me, Langston Hughes, Black, History design

Description: Black History Icons - Men Writers Edition Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois

Description: A Quote from "Dreams" by Langston Hughes: "Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly."

Description: A Quote from "The Black Man Speaks" by Langston Hughes: "I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, Why Democracy means Everybody but me."

Description: A Quote from "Note in Music" by Langston Hughes: "Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid."