Langston

Langston Hughes’ poem "Mother to Son" is a favorite of mine.

"An extended shutdown could mean longer wait times at airports," said Transport Security Administration spokesman Carter Langston.

For, like poets Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks and another singular supernova, Prince, the latter two of whom shared her birthday, Nikki has always communed with like-minded iconoclasts and what she called “space freaks,” those who understand that our songs of rage, rapture, irreverence and yearning are our greatest, Blackest weapons.

Jack Langston, a darts referee and online content creator, was 12 when he first experienced the condition.

Before him, Democratic National Committee Black Caucus Vice Chair Charlie Staten introduced the event in opening remarks that called back to Black leaders and thinkers past, quoting Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes and dropping subtle nods to the nation's first Black congresswoman, Democratic New York Rep. Shirley Chisholm.