Some dreams arrive with a clear map. Others begin as little more than a stubborn feeling that somewhere else, something better, or something different must be possible. The route may be uncertain, the obstacles real and the destination far away, but sometimes the most important thing is simply refusing to stop looking for a way forward.
American poet Langston Hughes understood that kind of determination. His own journey took him from the segregated American Midwest to the literary world of the Harlem Renaissance and eventually to international recognition. Along the way, he worked ordinary jobs, travelled widely and turned the experiences of Black Americans into poetry, fiction, essays and journalism.
