Websites
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Check out his biography and more.
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This site boasts a comprehensive biography, plus a cool timeline!
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Check out what PBS has to say about our guy.
Video
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Check out this documentary on Hughes.
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Here is the Library of Congress's video biography of Hughes.
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Here's a jazzy video for "Theme for English B."
Audio
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Here's one interpretation of "Theme for English B."
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Hughes reads and talks about "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
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Check out some audio from The Poetry Foundation about Hughes and his poetry.
Images
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Here's a happy picture of Hughes.
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Here's Hughes at what might have been the speaker of this poem's age.
Books
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Get all of Hughes' poems in handy book form!
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Here's some kid-friendly poetry from Hughes.
Movies & TV
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This movie looks at the Harlem Renaissance, with Hughes as a character.
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This is a movie for which Hughes helped to write the screenplay.