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Over the years, the Hughes Family has been granted the privilege of having a long and impressive history. Today, that history is still alive through the works of a literary icon, Langston Hughes, the Poet of the People, a pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance and "a cousin that found his family", "a cousin that found his roots".

Finally in 1958, after searching for many years, the newly found cousins provided Langston Hughes with knowledge of his father's family. Seeing an image of his grandmother, Emily Hughes for the first time, touching a garment she wore and meeting and interacting with those relatives that had been lost and at last finally found.

Langston Hughes spent the last 10 years of his life sharing with those cousins he had been searching for all of those years. His family was at long last complete.

The Langston Hughes Family Museum is governed by a Board of Directors which is led by Marjorie R. Walton. Other board member include, Roma K. Ivey, Jean Ishmon, Diana Sandlin, Annie V. May and Karl O. Kendall. This group is dedicated to the purpose and vision of creating both an educational and cultural experience.

Source: Langston Hughes Family Museum []