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1902–1967 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
5 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by Langston Hughes.
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Langston Hughes recalls a visit he made to Chapel Hill in November 1931, writing in 1958 about race relations in the university town. The piece fills pages 404 through 406 at 22 cm and describes his travels in North Carolina, a first-person account by one of the best known American poets of the century.
L. A. Tatum's address, delivered on presenting a petition to Governor O. Max Gardner, objects to the speaker policy at the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina College for Women, and in particular to appearances by Bertrand Russell at both and Langston Hughes at the university. Published by Tatum at Belmont, North Carolina in 1932.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
A protest addressed to Governor O. Max Gardner in 1932 against the speakers invited to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and to the North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro, among them Bertrand Russell and Langston Hughes. Printed in North Carolina, it concerns lecturers in both towns and liberalism in the state.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
A 1932 magazine account of the attack L.A. Tatum made on the universities at Chapel Hill and Greensboro for letting Langston Hughes and Bertrand Russell lecture to students. Detached from the Literary digest, volume 114, number 16, for 15 October 1932, with subjects including lecturers, liberalism and the North Carolina College for Women.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Records of 'Contempo, a review of books and personalities', the Chapel Hill literary magazine, covering 1930 to 1934, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4408. Milton Abernethy and Tony Buttitta are among the people covered, along with writers the magazine dealt with: William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings and H. L. Mencken.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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