Langston Hughes - February 1

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Today is the Chinese New Year,  National Dark Chocolate Day, and Decorating with Candy Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Langston Hughes

ON THIS DATE

• 1861 - Texas secedes from the United States.
• 1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic,"  by Julia Ward Howe was published in the Atlantic Monthly.
• 1942 - Voice of America begins broadcasting.
• 1960 - Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• 1964 - The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
• 1982 - "Late Night with David Letterman" premiered on NBC.
• 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
• 2004 - Singer Janet Jackson had a "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show. By the way, the Patriots won.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1895 - Director John Ford
• 1901 - Actor Clark Gable
• 1902 - Poet and novelist Langston Hughes
• 1931 - Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin
• 1937 - Singer-songwriter Don Everly
• 1942 - Welsh actor Terry Jones
• 1948 - Singer-songwriter Rick James
• 1994 - Singer-songwriter Harry Styles

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream - LISTEN
• The Beatles  - I Want to Hold Your Hand - LISTEN

THEME:  Langston  Hughes

• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Langston Hughes (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - EDSITEment -The Poet's Voice: Langston Hughes and You Lesson Plan - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  A Walk Through Harlem - "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (0:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  A Walk Through Harlem - Symbolism in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (0:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Poetry in America - Harlem by Langston Hughes (25:26) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Langston Hughes on Trial (4:39) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Langston Hughes Signed First Edition Books (3:53) -  VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - ReadWriteThink - Langston Hughes Activities - READ and DO
• Grades 8-12 - EDSITEment - The Works of Langston Hughes Teacher's Guide -DO
• Grades 9-12 - ReadWriteThink - Discovering a Passion for Poetry With Langston Hughes Lesson Plan - READ and DO
• Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Passages: Unit 10 - Rhythms in Poetry (28:23) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339