“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” appears in The CrisisJun 1, 1921Labels: Langston Hughes, The Crisis, NAACPBritannicaPoetry Fdn
Hughes enrolls at Columbia and reaches HarlemSep 1, 1921Labels: Columbia University, Harlem, Langston HughesNY1920Poets org
The New Negro anthology helps define the movementJan 1, 1925Labels: Alain Locke, The New, Harlem RenaissanceThe New NegroNew Yorker
Hughes wins Opportunity prize for “The Weary Blues”Jan 1, 1925Labels: Opportunity magazine, The Weary, Langston HughesWeary BluesPoets org
Knopf publishes Hughes’s first collection, The Weary BluesJan 1, 1926Labels: Alfred A, The Weary, Langston HughesPoets orgBritannica
“I, Too” is published in The Weary BluesJan 1, 1926Labels: I Too, The Weary, Langston HughesPoetry FdnI Too
Hughes publishes “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”Jun 23, 1926Labels: The Nation, Racial Mountain, Langston HughesYale ExhibitsPoetry Fdn
Fire!! magazine launches younger artists’ challengeNov 1, 1926Labels: Fire magazine, Wallace Thurman, Younger writersMorgan LibraryPoetry Fdn News
Fine Clothes to the Jew sparks debateJan 1, 1927Labels: Fine Clothes, Knopf, Langston HughesMorgan LibraryFine Clothes
Not Without Laughter expands Hughes’s Harlem-era reachJan 1, 1930Labels: Not Without, Langston Hughes, NovelNot LaughterHughes Bio
Hughes and Hurston begin Mule Bone collaborationMar 1, 1930Labels: Mule Bone, Zora Neale, CollaborationMule BoneGutenberg
The Ways of White Folks marks a sharper social critiqueJun 18, 1934Labels: The Ways, Langston Hughes, Short storiesKirkusMorgan Library
Mulatto premieres on Broadway, extending Hughes’s impactOct 24, 1935Labels: Mulatto, Broadway, Langston HughesMulattoAA Registry