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Title Langston Hughes : poet / produced and directed by Jerry Baber and Amy A. Tiehel ; executive producer, Andrew Schlessinger.

Imprint Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, ©2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD B HUGHES    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Black Americans of achievement video collection II
Black Americans of achievement video collection II.
System Details DVD.
Language English and Spanish language tracks; closed-captioned.
Performer Narrator: John O'Neal.
Credits Production designer, Rhonda Fabian ; editors, Keith Smith, Jonathan M. Donley, Michael Gogal ; music, Michael Keck ; camera, Marcus Cole.
Note Adapted from the book by Jack Rummel published by Chelsea House.
Audience Grades 5 & up.
Summary Attending an all-white school as a child, Hughes felt lonely and isolated, so he turned to reading and writing poetry. Inspired by Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman, Hughes wrote free verse, using African-American dialect, words, and rhythms.
Note Special features: Discussion questions and activities.
Contents Introduction -- Early life -- The Harlem Renaissance -- The Great Depression -- Political life.
Subject Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
African Americans -- Biography.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
African American poets -- 20th century -- Biography.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Afro-Americans -- Biography.
American poetry -- Afro-American authors.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (OCoLC)fst00049863
African American poets. (OCoLC)fst00799304
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Poets, American. (OCoLC)fst01067794
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
African Americans -- Biography.
American poets -- 20th century -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Educational videos.
Video recordings for children.
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Children's films. (OCoLC)fst01920781
Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Fabian, Rhonda.
Baber, Jerry.
Schlessinger, Andrew.
Tiehel, Amy A.
O'Neal, John, 1940-2019.
Rummel, Jack. Langston Hughes.
Schlessinger Media.
ISBN 1417107936
9781417107933
Standard No. 753201174239
Music No. V6823 Schlessinger Media
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