Hughes's Legacy Lives On


In 2016, a women named Renee Watson was responsible for starting the #Langston'sLegacy. Watson is an award winning children's book author who moved from Oregon to New York to continue on his legacy. In 2016, Watson tracked down the owner of Langston Hughes's old home to see if they can set something up to create a museum out of the building. In only 30 days time, Watson had raised enough public funding using her movement to reopen the building to the public for the first time in years. The community of Harlem of course stepped in to donate and reopen the home of an African American legend who spread the art and culture of the Harlem Renaissance. The home consists of the same actual furniture that Hughes had used. This includes his typewriter where over hundreds of pieces of work was made. Watson launched, "I, Too, Arts collective" an organization named after one of Hughes' most famous poems, offering a range of creative arts programs for all ages, like a weekly African drumming class or dream-weavers where children learn about Hughes. Watson and Hughes share the same some love of community empowerment and children's education.ctm-0412-langston-hughes-home.jpg


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