langston hughes had never traveled down south. it was the rosenwald fellowship, he set off to explore down south. marian anderson use the rosenwald fellowship to go to germany to study singing their. -- singing there. >> langston hughes is on kansas. i just had to throw that in. [laughter] >> on that. >> next summer. >> in july, in july. >> what is the current status of nicodemus? you left it hanging a little bit. you are actively managing this site. it may be struggling a little bit. >> phenomenal question. one of the reasons you all are encouraged to calm, you can't say what you don't see. there is a resilient spirit in nicodemus when you get there. the buildings speak for themselves. the reality is those who reside there are a seasoned community. there is a quote. if you read through the literature of nicodemus, ancestors of nicodemus saying the son of the soil is now returning. it's becoming a household conversation that the younger generation do not live in nicodemus. so the reality is it is somewhat fleeting. so, with the 35

nina simone, langston hughes was a mentor. >> people forget he died in the 60s. >> as he was that shextraordinary obituary. absolutely beautiful that talked about his significance for black people at large. not just as a scholar. the judge will as an important social political force. as she's dying. he dies at 63 she dies in 6 to 5 at the very beginning of the year. something like heartbreakingly poetic about that relationship. >> robert, new york city, hi robert, you're on with professor imani perry. >> hi imani, how are you? >> i'm fine thank you. i wanted to ask you, if you could elaborate a little more on your concept of black formalism. if indeed that is still resonates at all with our current cultural lengths make state as an african-american community as a person that has worked with Ãbhe always fits black people because of formalism. so i just want to hear a little more of your thoughts on that and where we stand. and in philadelphia all that stuff was very large part of the community there that time as well which i had heard stories about. that's it. >> thank you. thank you r

visited by prominent black entertainers such as count basie, louis orne, sorenlena h neil hurston, langston hughes, and political and civil rights whoers like whitney young, would come to lincoln hills on his way to aspen, colorado to be involved in a think tank. the entertainers were coming to five points to entertain on five points, then they would come to lincoln hills to recreate. when they came to lincoln hills they were not there to entertain, but to rest and enjoy the colorado wilderness. it was also supported by a number of black churches in denver. those churches would gather on memorial day, july 4, and labor day. a lodge that was built in lincoln hills was the crown jewel of lincoln hills. bedrooms, the resort also had 17 cabins that were rented out between memorial day and labor day. you are probably asking the question, why only between memorial day and labor day? you saw the snowstorm yesterday. the roads were dirt roads going up to the mountain. up in that area during the wintertime, there could be three to four feet of snow. weeks lodge and winks tavern were only operated during th

can you draw a direct line from langston hughes to be the smallest? >> guest: absolutely.so many ways, both of them took the beauty of the vernacular language and crafted it and made decisions to tell stories that were planted and often had a political content and designated deeply. there are different kinds of political subjects like being an overtly activist organizer, but their relationship to black language and the desire to understand that as a foundation for the production of art absolutely directly connected. >> host: >> guest: part of what i talk about it in public is of course the process by which it became the most popular form of music and in the country had an audience that expanded on the initial audience and produced a great deal of wealth in the hip-hop but there's something i talked about because there was from the very beginning and elucidation of the postindustrial life in urban centers in the united states was like in all of its complexity. it is an exploration. >> host: you used the term mc. what does that mean? >> guest: if the word for a wrapper that'

profits of the hud we will get to the title in a moment but can you draw direct line from langston hughesie smalls? >> absolutely. in so many ways both of them took the beauty of vernacular language and crafted it and made decisions to tell stories that were pointed that often had a political content and resonated deeply or pleasurable to listen to to gauge with. they are different kinds of political subjects.langston hughes is very overtly and activist and organizer but their relationship to black language both in the u.s. and throughout the diaspora and the desire to understand that as a foundation absolutely directly connected. >> part of what i talk about in the book is of course the process by which it became the most popular form of music and had an audience that expanded beyond its initial core audience and produced a great deal of wealth that has been produced to hip-hop. there's something i talked about also something prophetic about it. because there was from the very beginning and x position and elucidation of what postindustrial life and urban centers in the united states was

close with what i read upstairs in the exhibit which i think really speaks to this which is the langston hughes piece from montage of a dream deferred. i've watched us spread out from penn station, the dark tint of a nation out of plains from puerto rico, from cuba, haiti, jamaica, out of buses marked new york, from georgia, florida, louisiana, harl lem, san juan, the bronx, most of all to harlem. thank you. >> i guess now the conversation begins. so, we should open it up to the -- did you want to say anything to each other, i guess? while the questions are being formulated? >> i think we're all just like we just said our piece. we've done or speaking. we want to hear from you. we can't actually see the mics in the back of the room. i said at the beginning it is very bright up here. >> okay. we have a question here. >> hello. >> yes, we can hear you. >> yes. okay. i want to mention couple of small things that i noticed like national public radio, npr. i listen to them a lot and i didn't bring a list but i always write down the days and times when they call us slaves and continuing. and we were