Langston Hughes Audio & Video

This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recordings from 1908-1946 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address, the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes…

Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris.

Continuing and enhancing the Caedmon tradition of bringing the greatest literature to vibrant audio life, here are stories that have echoed though the years, brilliantly performed by an array of renowned actors, as well as the authors themselves.

The fourth installment of our exclusive The Voice of the Poet series, of rare archival recordings -- some never before released -- featuring Langston Hughes…

In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s....

Angelic Essie Belle Johnson and devilish Laura Reed both agree that they need to do something to spice up their lives and earn more money. So they start their own church....

A rare and exceptional recording of Langston Hughes reading his own poetry, as well as his own reflections, is offered on CD for the first time.

In this collection of prose and song, Langston Hughes narrates the history of the African-American people.

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) ranks as one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century.

Hear rare recordings from five of the most-respected African American poets reading their own works....