27th Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading | Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission

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State of Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission

Looking Back to Move Forward – the many faces of Langston Hughes!

Langston Hughes’s poems, dating from the Harlem Renaissance through the 1960s, continue to resonate today. These powerful, poignant, and often amusing works are read aloud by community members and accompanied by the Becky Bass Trio. Coordinated by the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading Committee. Due to COVID 19 restrictions, refreshments will NOT be served.

Free Admission. Library Doors open at 12:45 PM.