News:
Langston Hughes Society Luncheon 2012 -- Tayari Jones is the featured speaker at the Langston Hughes Society luncheon, which is scheduled for noon-1:15 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on Peachtree Street, 265 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303. Her published novels include Leaving Atlanta, The Untelling, and Silver Sparrow (which was nominated for a 2012 NAACP Image Award). She will speak on “Histories: Folkspeak, Folktales, Folklore.”
Executive Committee
Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones
LHS President
Department of English Language and Literatures
African and African American Studies Program
Wright State University
sharon.jones@wright.edu
Dr. Tara T. Green
LHS Vice-President
African American Studies Program
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
ttgreen@uncg.edu
Dr. Gordon E. Thompson
LHS Secretary-Treasurer
English Department
City College of New York/CUNY
gthompson.lit@gmail.com
