Legendary Harlem Renaissance poet and literary artist, Langston Hughes spent his high school years at Karamu. After he graduated, he sustained a lifelong intimate relationship with Mr. & Mrs. Jelliffe and Karamu. Pictured is Hughes in support of Karamu's capital building plans in the 1940s.
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