Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1967
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Saga of Shine collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2084
Scope and Contents
A collection of six typescript poems with a title page "Saga of Shine: Various Folk Versions of a Rhymed Negro Folk Poem as Collected by Langston Hughes, 1952-1955." Variously known as "Shine and the Titanic," "Shine on the Titanic," "Shine and the Great Titanic," or simply "Shine," this African American vernacular poem or toast, typically rhymed and often bawdy, involves a Black deckhand who swims to safety amidst the sinking of the ...
Dates:
Created: circa 1955; Other: Date acquired: 09/14/1971
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Saga of Shine collection
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- Subject: African Americans -- Folklore X