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Langston Hughes' hidden influence on MLK

  • Written by Jason Miller, Professor of English, North Carolina State University
Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream – which alternated between shattered and hopeful – can be traced back to Hughes' poetry.AP Photo

For years, Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Langston Hughes maintained a friendship, exchanging letters and favors and even traveling to Nigeria together in 1960.

In 1956, King recited Hughes’ poem “Mo...

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