Langston Hughes, before and beyond Harlem

From these roots

Significant moves

The making of a poet

Hail and farewell

Africa and Europe

Spring cannot be far behind

A temple for tomorrow

A bone of contention

South of the border

On the cross of the South

Black and white

Dust and rainbows

Zero hour

Chains of the east

Blood on the fields

Mailbox for the dead

Honor and hunger

Nightmare dream

A world apart

The need for heroes

Epilogue: full circle

Appendix. A: Breaking silence: the meaning of biographical truth ; B: the challenge of access : archival materials.