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Death in Harlem, poem by Langston Hughes, circa 1939

 File — Box: Mixed m_2 (F), Folder: 10

Scope and Contents

A four page, typewritten copy of the poem "Death in Harlem" by Langston Hughes. The poem signed by Hughes (based upon a comparison with examples of Hughes's autograph identified online). Margin notes in pencil are in two distinct handwritings--most are presumably by Enders, with one line change possibly by Hughes--the alterations to the poem were used in Enders's song version. The poem was published in 1942 in Hughes's, Shakespeare in Harlem

Dates

  • circa 1939