Langston Hughes published “I Dream a World” in Harlem’s Amsterdam News in 1941. The poem circulated for many years after in various publications. It’s an uplifting poem compared to his early writings during an unhappy and financially desperate year in Washington, DC in 1925. Ironically, that year was the most productive of the young Langston Hughes’ writing career. While working as a busboy at the […]
Looking at historic homes and buildings while listening to tour guides share stories of the architects, occupants, and significant events of that structure are well and good. But talking with people who call these places home, who work, and have grounded their livelihoods into the fabric of a community brings you deeper into the narrative, […]
The reviews are in! “How important it is to have tours like this and more ways to keep alive the stories of those who lived, worked, even created great masterpieces just down the street from that sleek condo.” “I feel like I am part of a larger story.” For a few African American artists in […]
Lolis Eric Elie is a New Orleans native and was a writer and story editor for the HBO series “Treme.” He is also co-producer of the PBS documentary “Fauberg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” with filmmaker Dawn Logsdon. Elie was a columnist for the New Orleans Times Picayunne. He is author of […]
