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Singing girl reading sheet music

A Jazzed-Up Langston Hughes

Source: Smithsonian

Langston Hughes made his voice heard by writing poetry about the African American experience. One of those poems has become the core of a multimedia jazz performance, helping young people hear Hughes’s voice in a new way. Read about the performance, watch a video clip, and see pictures from a rehearsal.






Cartoon of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare Conspiracy Theory

Source: No Sweat Shakespeare

There are people who believe that Shakespeare didn’t actually write the works attributed to him. They question how a humble man from Stratford could possibly have written about royalty, distant countries, and political intrigues. Read this article to find out more about the Shakespeare conspiracy.