Digital Learning Commons: The Great Debaters: Harlem Renaissance

A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance
From Poets.org. Brief history of the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance
From PBS. A very brief overview of the Harlem Renaissance.

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes
From Poets.org. Biography of poet Langston Hughes, a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Poems of Langston Hughes
Full-text poems of Langston Hughes.

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.