Langston Hughes

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"Langston Hughes" appearances by year

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Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
Poems by him include "Crowing Hen Blues","Po' Boy Blues" & "The Weary Blues"	Langston Hughes	$800	DJ	AMERICAN POETRY	2025-03-24	#9296
The kids' book "The Sweet and Sour Animal Book" used 26 unpublished poems of this Harlem Renaissance figure	Langston Hughes	$1,200	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2022-10-20	#8724
Poems by him include "Harlem", "Crossing Jordan" & "The Weary Blues"	Langston Hughes	$600	J	POETS & POETRY	2022-04-28	#8629
A leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance, he wrote, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother"	Langston Hughes	$800	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2022-02-08	#1
A stretch of East 127th Street in New York City has been named for this poet known for such poems as "The Weary Blues"	Langston Hughes	$1,600	DJ	POETRY	2017-05-19	#7535
"The Weary Blues" was the first volume of poetry by this leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance	Langston Hughes	$1,200	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2014-07-29	#6892
A key figure of the Harlem Renaissance:LH	Langston Hughes	$600	J	POETS' MONOGRAMS	2012-03-19	#6336
He began a 1951 poem, "Good morning, Daddy! Ain't you heard the boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred?"	Langston Hughes DD	$3,000	DJ	AMERICAN POETRY	2011-06-17	#6175
Among his poetry collections is 1942's "Shakespeare in Harlem"	Langston Hughes	$2,000	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2007-05-03	#5224
In "Harlem", he penned, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"	Langston Hughes	$2,000	DJ	POETIC LINES	2006-04-17	#4981
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was the first published poem by this man called the "Poet Laureate of Harlem"	Langston Hughes	$2,000	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2003-11-13	#4414
This Harlem Renaissance poet was discovered by Vachel Lindsay, who helped publish his "Weary Blues"	Langston Hughes	$2,000	DJ	POETS & POETRY	2002-07-05	#4125
This Harlem Renaissance poet wondered, "What happens to a dream deferred?"	Langston Hughes	$800	DJ	DEAD POETS SOCIETY	2000-10-23	#3711
Harlem poet who wrote "Rest at pale evening... a tall slim tree... night coming tenderly black like me"	Langston Hughes	$1,000	DJ	EGAD! MORE POET-TREE!	1999-07-09	#3435
He had already published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" when Vachel Lindsay discovered him busing tables	Langston Hughes		FJ	POETS	1997-06-26	#2969
In 1942 his collection of verse "Shakespeare in Harlem" appeared	Langston Hughes		FJ	POETS	1996-03-29	#2675
His first book-length poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred", describes the variety of Harlem life	Langston Hughes	$1,000	DJ	POETS	1995-03-07	#2427
In "Harlem" he asked, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"	Langston Hughes	$1,000	DJ	POETRY	1992-05-15	#1790

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

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Category

Air Date

Show

Poems by him include "Crowing Hen Blues","Po' Boy Blues" & "The Weary Blues"

Langston Hughes

$800

AMERICAN POETRY

2025-03-24

#9296

The kids' book "The Sweet and Sour Animal Book" used 26 unpublished poems of this Harlem Renaissance figure

Langston Hughes

$1,200

POETS & POETRY

2022-10-20

#8724

Poems by him include "Harlem", "Crossing Jordan" & "The Weary Blues"

Langston Hughes

$600

POETS & POETRY

2022-04-28

#8629

A leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance, he wrote, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother"

Langston Hughes

$800

POETS & POETRY

2022-02-08

A stretch of East 127th Street in New York City has been named for this poet known for such poems as "The Weary Blues"

Langston Hughes

$1,600

POETRY

2017-05-19

#7535

"The Weary Blues" was the first volume of poetry by this leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes

$1,200

POETS & POETRY

2014-07-29

#6892

A key figure of the Harlem Renaissance:LH

Langston Hughes

$600

POETS' MONOGRAMS

2012-03-19

#6336

He began a 1951 poem, "Good morning, Daddy! Ain't you heard the boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred?"

Langston Hughes DD

$3,000

AMERICAN POETRY

2011-06-17

#6175

Among his poetry collections is 1942's "Shakespeare in Harlem"

Langston Hughes

$2,000

POETS & POETRY

2007-05-03

#5224

In "Harlem", he penned, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

Langston Hughes

$2,000

POETIC LINES

2006-04-17

#4981

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was the first published poem by this man called the "Poet Laureate of Harlem"

Langston Hughes

$2,000

POETS & POETRY

2003-11-13

#4414

This Harlem Renaissance poet was discovered by Vachel Lindsay, who helped publish his "Weary Blues"

Langston Hughes

$2,000

POETS & POETRY

2002-07-05

#4125

This Harlem Renaissance poet wondered, "What happens to a dream deferred?"

Langston Hughes

$800

DEAD POETS SOCIETY

2000-10-23

#3711

Harlem poet who wrote "Rest at pale evening... a tall slim tree... night coming tenderly black like me"

Langston Hughes

$1,000

EGAD! MORE POET-TREE!

1999-07-09

#3435

He had already published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" when Vachel Lindsay discovered him busing tables

Langston Hughes

POETS

1997-06-26

#2969

In 1942 his collection of verse "Shakespeare in Harlem" appeared

Langston Hughes

POETS

1996-03-29

#2675

His first book-length poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred", describes the variety of Harlem life

Langston Hughes

$1,000

POETS

1995-03-07

#2427

In "Harlem" he asked, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

Langston Hughes

$1,000

POETRY

1992-05-15

#1790