we collect langston hughes materials because langston hughes came to cleveland from 1916 to about 1920. he attended high school here at that time, and he developed a relationship with several of the librarians here. and he stayed connected to the city and to those librarians, and we have correspondence that he gave -- wrote to some of them. he came and visited the children's room and composed a poem and wrote in the date book. we have that. so we had a basis for a foundation, and then we just have over the years built on that and tried to collect materials that relate to his time in cleveland. happening son hughes was an african-american -- langston hughes was an african-american poet. he was prolific from 1924 to, i think, 1967. and during that time he composed over 60 books, plays, musicals, poems, columns. he was a very prolific and important african-american writer, and he developed a lot of these styles and genres of literature, poetry such as spoken word that are popular today. he was influenced by the african-american culture. when langston came here, cleveland was starting to c

we collect langston hughes materials because langston hughes came to cleveland from 1916 to about 1920. he attended high school here at that time, and he developed a relationship with several of the librarians here. and he stayed connected to the city and to those librarians, and we have correspondence that he gave -- wrote to some of them. he came and visited the children's room and composed a poem and wrote it in the date book. we have that. so we had a basis for a foundation, and then we just have over years built on that and tried to collect materials that relate to his time in cleveland. langston hughes was an african-american poet. he was prolific from 1924 to, i think, 1967. and during that time, he composed over 60 books, plays, musicals, poems, columns. he was a very prolific and important african-american writer, and he developed a lot of these styles and genres of literature, poetry such as spoken word that are popular today. he was influenced by all aspects of african-american culture. when langston came here, cleveland was starting to change. because you had waves of easte

man to touch and -- she walked hand-in-hand in the movement mentor to langston hughes. but vivian harsh was called lt.. you can imagine. i don't need to tell you why. and had the tendency to be standoffish. >> host: where did the money come from? >> so it was the status that you had as opposed to just having a million dollars. and then with the degree of library science. in left ahead of danger and then started off but her passion and love was children. in she wrote herself. but she also has a passion about what type of book should be in the library. she applied for a grant back in 1939 and 1940. with those types of materials in this year out of a study where with the chicago public school space little girl said of a bite to learn how to so but i guess they can go the question was why not? that is for the black community. so even then angeles probably just repeating what somebody else said but they started to do studies to look at the books on the shelf so what you see are issues she was fighting against. >> if a dozen present a positive image whether it is a black or w

i found this here with us to election from langston hughes. i put this out here because it was also written with the head of the illinois writers' project also within this portrait yearly form of gwendolyn brooks bibliophiles like to commend to see those autographed copies. >> gives somebody said i saw the original draft could they come see it? >> of course, we have some of the most wonderful hours to view the manuscript in the credit states. when you come in telling us to your hand what you want to see the gloves at the end of the table that certain materials because fidelity wailes of the figures to touched the papers because that would cause deterioration. >> is something else from your collection what do you want to show less? >> her picture is opposite out there on the old wall she works he did in hand with vivian harsh. she was very open and friendly and social she was a mentor to langston hughes. and she was called the lieutenant and i would tell you why the care she was more from the old social the. and was very passionate about the sp

she was a mentor to langston hughes. a lot of writers, margaret walker really came in and loved her. vivian harsh on other hand she was called the lieutenant, okay? i won't even tell you why. you can imagine. she was more from the old social elite, okay? her family was from the old settlers club in chicago. she had a tendency to be stand offish but was passion about her special negro collection. >> where did the money for her family come from? >> money is not even issue. old settlers club was people that settled in chicago from the very beginning. it was a status that you had, you know, just like if you could read and write back in the day you had a status as opposed to having a million dollars. get the picture, okay? however vivian harsh did graduate from simmons college with a degree in library science charlotte may left the south ahead of danger, i put it that way. ahead of danger. came to chicago for a better life. she was married to joseph rollins in the army. she had a child. she started off at a hall right after v

>> you mention langston hughes. i think of him as ao sh new yor. >> i want to show you one more>> thing. i bring her up because we have her collection and she was the editor for abney. she is actually the manager of abney africa for the years thata it ran. i bring her up because at the same time that she was writing, the world knows richard wright but the world doesn't know annabelle thompson. only people who are professional inorld the field because, this r was louder than her humor. she had the same feelings that he had coming from the south and being discriminated against but as a 4-foot 11-inch woman she used humor to get her story outh a lot of her stories have been untold but i think you will see a lot of books coming out that kind of compared them. she did her autobiography of africa, land of boo my father ad she gave us a manuscript and iti was publish the same timed ga richard rice publish.shed they're both autobiographical stories of their year in africa. everybody has read this book and very few people kn

she was a mentor to langston hughes. on the other hand you can imagine she was from the old social elite, the settlers club in chicago so she had a tendency to be standoffish but was passionate. >> where did the money and her family come from? >> money isn't even the issue. if blacks had settled in chicago from the very beginnings of it was a status that you had like if you could read were right back in the days you had a status. vivienne did graduate with a degree. she left the south and came to chicago for a better life and was married to joseph of one's and had a child. her passion and love was children. she was a gifted storyteller from what everybody tells me. we have all of the published works from her collection but she also had a passion about the type of books that should be in the library. she applied for a grant and what it is is a manifest of the type of material would type of books they should have on the shelf and this brought a study where the chicago teachers symposium asks students would do you want to d

we named him after langston hughes and ralph ellison because he comes out of an extraordinary traditioncalled these folks spiritual aristocrats, folks that have endured the unimaginable and still can walk straight up, walk with dignity and pride. here we are in 2016 trying desperately to make sure that a world that seemingly despises our children, that that belief doesn't sink into our soul. the rage i see in my son, and i know you're angry, langston, that it doesn't get into his soul and take away that beautiful smile of his. langston would still be engaged in this amazing critique of how fallen america is. >> and to you, langston, listening to what your father says and what president obama said just this weekend, he said that america is not as divided as it may seem right now. tonight, sitting where you're sitting, do you feel that? do you feel hope? >> i feel hope for sure, and the hope definitely lies within the thousands and thousands of students and people in my generation, the young folk who are pushing for equal justice, who are pushing for police accountability, who are pushing

amy: he is named for langston hughes. mr.mper: -- afterglaude: i named him langston hughes and ralph ellison. amy: what does the name me to you? langston: it gives me proud -- cried that i can walk into this type of work and say my name is langston. it gives me a different type of courage, especially doing this work. break ande going to come back to this conversation. langston is a junior at brown university in providence, rhode island, and we also speaking to his father, eddie glaude, chair of the department of african american studies at princeton university and has written a new .ook stay with us. ♪ [music break] this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. with nermeen shaikh. we are staying with professor eddie glaude, chair of african american studies at princeton university. hisor of several books -- latest, "democracy in black, how race still enslaved the american soul. you named your son langston, who is still with us. langston hughes, who wrote the famous poem, "dream deferred

i also believe we need to validate langston hughes. >> octavia butler. >> so my question is how to move forward? the audience is here to help. what can we do to make it better >> the common core is not common. >> before the panel answers this question, i just want to say we only have five minutes. >> met girl is one of the volunteers and has been a volunteer at the book fair for years. i am on a mission to get the state of pennsylvania to require that reading begins at the daycare center. it needs to be required by the state that they have real books in that daycare center. i don't care if its rich kids or poor kids and it needs to begin early. we were wait till they get to preschool to introduce books to them and we wonder why our kids are behind. you have to start early. here in new york, there's a program where there's books and they have them with pediatricians. it's a program where the pediatricians actually introduce books to parents. if your local hospital doesn't have that program, look for. with the amount of time we have left, i'm sorry we can't take questions because they tol

we will look at the cleveland public library and its langston hughes collection. he lived in cleveland. >> it was essential that he developed this kind of writing. he was introduced to the work of whitmanndberg and walt through his teachers. poem that issed a kind of famous. the clevelandit history center to take a tour of the power and politics exhibit with the chief curator highlighting items in the collection relating to ohio presidential history. crawfordill tour the auto aviation museum. the motor cityas before detroit was. lake erie has great shipping routes. railroade a lot of shipping routes that could be taken. we also had the steel industry here. that is very important for the automobile industry to have the steel industry here. it all came together. >> this weekend watch c-span cities tour cleveland. the cities tour is working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> i had a rough upbringing. i got involved with the streets. we started selling drugs. cocaineand then crack and we started selling that. i lived on the streets fr

she was a republican but fighting with langston hughes, and said in a letter to connie collins, she is going the way of her own mind. so she is fiercely independent, sovereign self, and why she was relevant now, which is also important, what was stunning to me in reading everything together so much, a kind of early assimilation, literary process, and something to get me through a different kind of education, was that she -- like she says, like the -- the history of what she is made of, where she's been, what she's done, and then we have to pay attention that. and so for me she turned to the model now of -- she is someone who said, there's no mourning bench for me, right? she was for social justice, and at the same time kind of an anacreonistic, and you couldn't pin her down. that model was -- is why she is important. she's also one of the most brilliant minds and hilarious figures of the early and mid-20th century. she just that. and again, because of the way she died she reminds me that black women remain to my mind, and farah you were at these event last week -- which was kind of stu

we will explore the langston hughes collection, exploring the life of the playwright and social activist while he lived in cleveland. >> he developed his love of writing and he was introduced to the work of carl sandburg and walt whitman through his teacher, miss weimer. also composed a poem that is kind of famous. tv, wemerican history visit the cleveland history center and take a tour of the power and politics exhibit with the chief curator, highlighting the items in the collections relating to ohio presidential history and cleveland's past political conventions,' . we will tour automotive museum and learn why cleveland was named the motor city before to tri detroi. >> we are on lake erie, one of the great shipping routes. we also have a railroad in the area. there were a lot of railroad shipping routes that could be taken. industry,ve the steel which is very important in the automobile industry to have the steel you need. the results a lot of lumber in this area, so it all kind of came together. >> watch c-span cities tour to cleveland today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv

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they at no time discuss harriet tubman in my generation, but i read this book about langston hughes, and the more i read, the more it head me feel proud -- made me feel crowd of my heritage. the panelists are saying the same thing, children need to see images of themselves in these books because it enriches their lives, it empowers them and enlightens them. and not just african-american children should read books about african-americans, but all children. becausewe're going to be in an inclusive society, we need to see some diversity. >> thank you. and speaking about diversity in children's books, in addition to that, that article that i'm referencing from walter dean meyers, there's a quote in the article that i found that i wanted to ask the panel about. so the quote is books transmit values. what is the message when some children are not represented in those books? what message do you think is being sent out to the wider audience? >> i don't, i don't think -- you know, we focus a lot on what isn't and what, what should be, and we don't focus in on what is. >> okay. >> and i'm real

then, we explore the langston hughes collection, relating to the life of the novelist, playwright, andl activist while he lived in cleveland. >> he was introduced to the work of carl sandburg and walt whitman through his teacher, ms. weimer. and he also composed a poem while there that is kind of famous. >> and on american history tv, we will visit the cleveland history center and take a tour of the power and politics exhibit with chief curator, highlighting the items in the collections relating to cleveland's past political conventions. then, we will tour the crawford auto aviation with them and hear why cleveland was nicknamed "motor city" before detroit. >> we are on lake erie, one of the great shipping routes. we also had the railroad in the area. we also had the steel industry here, which is very important in the automobile industry. there was also a lot of lumber in this area. >> this weekend, watch c-span's cities tour to cleveland. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3, workingan cities tour, with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the coun

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