Where industrial buildings and parking lots are now, there once were homes. The area of 10th Street and Joplin Avenue in Joplin looks nothing like it did at the start of the 20th century when poet, playwright, essayist and columnist Langston Hughes was born in one of those homes along the railroad tracks. Research by members of the Langston Hughes Cultural Society has … [Read more...] about Group plans to create memorial at Joplin birthplace of Langston Hughes
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