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A Sacrilegious Poem and a Sensational Article: Langston Hughes published in Contempo

Eighty-one years ago this week, Langston Hughes visited UNC and gave a reading at Gerrard Hall, which was preceded by the publication of an essay by Hughes on the Scottsboro Boys in Contempo, a local periodical, alongside his poem “Christ … Continue reading

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