Letter to F. Coleman Rosenberger, 1948 October 21.

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Letter to F. Coleman Rosenberger, 1948 October 21.

Hughes, New York City, writes to F. Coleman Rosenberger, Alexandria, Va., regarding his grand-uncle, John M. Langston, a reconstruction congressman and author, and his grandfather, Charles Langston, both sons of a slave and a white planter from Louisa County, Va. He also mentions copyright clearance and is pleased that Rosenberger's book "Virginia Reader" includes Anne Spencer.

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Rosenberger, Francis Coleman, 1915-

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Virginia poet, editor, and attorney. From the description of Papers of [Francis] Coleman Rosenberger, 1946-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50860937 Rosenberger was a University of Virginia graduate (ca.1938) and served for many years as staff counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. From the description of Papers of Francis Coleman Rosenberger [manuscript], 19381-1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647984102 ...

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897

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John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. An African American, he became the first dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University, a historically black college. Born free in Virginia to a freedwoman of mixed race and a white planter father, in 1888 Langston was elected to the U.S. Congress as...

Spencer, Anne, 1882-1975

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African American poet from Lynchburg, Va.; Librarian at Dunbar High Shool, 1920-1946; member of the Harlem Renaissance. From the description of Papers of Anne Spencer and the Spencer family [manuscript], 1829, 1864-2007. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648010759 Epithet: wife of Abraham Spencer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x0001fc Epithet: wife of Charles, Earl of S...