In 1938 civil rights activist and poet Langston Hughes wrote his chilling poem “Kids Who Die” which illuminates the horrors of lynchings during the Jim Crow era. Now, Hughes’ vivid poetry is being featured in a three minute video created by Frank Chii and @Terrance Green and narrated by Danny Glover. It is a startling reminder that the assault on Black lives did not end with the Jim Crow era. | Color Of Change

Langston Hughes pioneered jazz poetry and led the Harlem Renaissance. He is #BlackGlory. #BlackHistoryMonth | HuffPost Black Voices

Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1901. When Hughes was called before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Subcommittee on Investigations in 1953 to answer questions about Communist influences in his writing, the committee's chief counsel, Roy Cohn, expected simple answers. But for Hughes, the question of his political identity was complex, tied into his personal identity, history, and what it means to be an artist. This digital short features award-winning