White Shadows in Black Art

In 1931, celebrated writer Langston Hughes visited Haiti and formed a powerful connection with poet and intellectual Jacques Roumain. Both were trailblazing anti-colonial and anti-racist activists whose art championed the voices of the Black masses—the U.S. Black working class and the Haitian peasantry.

Join Johns Hopkins historian Minkah Makalani as he delves into how Hughes and Roumain redefined modern Black identity through their art and activism. This talk explores their contributions to the "New Negro" movement of the 1920s and '30s and examines how their correspondence continues to inspire the politics of art in the 21st century. Sponsored by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau's Art of Black Miami.

Image credit: Langston Hughes, 1932. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. Courtesy of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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