Anti-Langston Hughes broadsides, 1950s
Scope and Contents
Two broadsides which describe poet Langston Hughes as un-American Communist traitor. One, produced by the Hicksville Education League of Parents, cites a 1952 House Committee on Un-American Activities report calling Hughes a "traitor to the United States and the rest of the free world," reproduces his poems "Goodbye Christ," "Workers Song," and "Ballad of Lenin," and questions why his poems are recommended reading when John A. Stormer's right-wing, anti-Communist book None Dare Call It Treason was banned. The other broadside, produced by Gerald L. K. Smith and his Christian nationalist magazine The Cross and the Flag, is titled "'Hate Christ' Is the Slogan of the Communists," and stokes anti-miscegenation and anti-Communist fears. Smith's broadside also reproduces Hughes' poem "Goodbye Christ."
Dates
- Creation: 1950s
Creator
- Hicksville Education League of Parents (Organization)
- Smith, Gerald Lyman Kenneth, 1898-1976 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Extent
0.167 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from James Arsenault in January 2021.
Processing Information
Processed in December 2023 by Jenelle Clark.
Subject
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
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