A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West

Cultural Treasures of South LA Daytime Exhibition Family Friendly

Date

July 3

Time

12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Cost

Free

Organizer's Site

caamuseum.org/exhibitions

Council District

City Council District 8

Event Series Dates

Through September 13, Tuesdays - Saturdays,  12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m.

Event Schedule

July 2026

  • Saturday 4th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 5th 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday 7th 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 8th 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 9th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 10th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 11th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 12th 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday 14th 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 15th 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 16th 12:00 PM
  • Friday 17th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 18th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 19th 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday 21st 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday 22nd 12:00 PM
  • Thursday 23rd 12:00 PM
  • Friday 24th 12:00 PM
  • Saturday 25th 12:00 PM
  • Sunday 26th 12:00 PM
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One of the world’s most famous Black poets, Langston Hughes (1902–1967), is often associated with the writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance in New York. But starting in the 1930s, though the upheavals of the Great Depression, World War II, and McCarthyism in America, Hughes spent significant time in the West, where he maintained deep connections and produced important work, including lectures, film scripts, plays, and his first book of short stories. Through recorded interviews, lyrical texts, archival photographs, and historic posters and prints, A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West reveals little-known aspects of Hughes’s work as a champion for justice and the special relationships he cultivated during his many sojourns in California, Nevada, and Mexico.

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