Portrait of Langston Hughes,
"America, America..."
by Wayne Wildcat
This portrait of Langston Hughes was created for the 100th of Langston Hughes, and was on exhibit, with other Wayne Wildcat paintings that represent theses in Hughes' poems, at the Langston Hughes International Symposium, at the University of Kansas, fall 2001.
Wildcat also painted Langston Hughes in an epic size painting, Central Time, on exhibit at Central Jr. High, Liberty Memorial Building in Lawrence, Kansas. In Central Time, Langston Hughes stands among contemporary students from the Jr. High school. WW I solders from Lawrence, Principals, and others related to the school history.