Content Description Clifford V. Johnson is the former Vice President for Development at Dillard University and Director of Development at the Amistad Research Center. He has also written short stories. His papers include three letters, one card, and a poem, entitled "The Backlash Blues" sent to Johnson from Langston Hughes. Johnson developed an acquaintance with Hughes in the mid 1960s when Johnson's short story "Old Blues Singers Never Die" was published in the anthology ...