Eastman, Max, n
Ebony, 10.1n, 12.1n, 12.2n, 12.3n
education, black, 5.1n, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and n, 5.5, 6.1, 12.1 and n, 12.2n
Egypt
Ehrlich, Leonard, 10.1, 10.2; God’s Angry Man, 10.3 and n
Ehrman, Lillian Mae, and n
Eliot, T. S., itr.1, 5.1n
Ellington, Duke, itr.1, 8.1, 9.1n, 9.2 and n, 14.1, 15.1n, 16.1 and n, 16.2; Jump for Joy, 9.3n, 9.4n, 9.5n
Ellis, Fred, and n
Ellison, Ralph, itr.1, itr.2, 9.1n, 10.1 and n, 13.1, 14.1; Invisible Man, itr.3, itr.4, 10.2n, 12.1 and n
Emanuel, James A., 14.1n, 14.2, 16.1; Hughes’s letters to, 14.3; Langston Hughes, 14.4n
Embree, Edwin Rogers, 5.1 and n; Brown America: The Story of a New Race, 5.2 and n; Hughes’s letters to, 5.3
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
“Emperor Haile Selassie,” and n
Erskine, Dorothy, and n
Esquire, 7.1, 7.2n, 7.3, 7.4 and n, 7.5, 8.1 and n, 9.1, 12.1, 14.1 and n
Estes, Billie Sol, 14.1 and n
Esther, 11.1n, 13.1 and n, 13.2 and n, 13.3
Ethiopia, itr.1, 8.1 and n, 16.1 and n
Europa, 6.1, 6.2n
Europe. See specific countries
“Exits,”
“Eyes Like a Gypsy,” and n

“Fairies,” n
Famous American Negroes, 12.1 and n
Famous Negro Heroes of America
Famous Negro Music Makers, 13.1, 13.2 and n, 13.3n
“Fantasy in Purple,” and n
Farmer, James, Jr., and n
Far Rockaway, New York, and n
“Fascination,”
“The Fascination of Cities,” and n
“Father and Son,” 3.1n, 14.1, 14.2
Faulkner, William, 14.1, 14.2n; Requiem for a Nun, 13.1n
Fauset, Arthur Huff, and n
Fauset, Jessie Redmon, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2 and n, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1n, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 12.1 and n, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2 and n; Hughes’s letters to, 12.2; There Is Confusion, 1.6n, 2.3n, 12.3n
Fearing, Kenneth, 10.1 and n, 10.2
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 11.1, 11.2n, 12.1, 12.2
Federal Music Project, 9.1, 9.2 and n
Federal Negro Theatre, n
Federal Theatre Project, 8.1n, 9.1 and n, 9.2n
Feibleman, Peter, A Place Without Twilight, 13.1 and n
Fellini, Federico, n
Ferber, Edna, 7.1 and n; Show Boat, 4.1n, 7.2n
Ficke, George, and n
Field, Sara Bard, 6.1n, 8.1 and n
Fields, Julia, and n
Fields of Wonder, 11.1, 11.2 and n
“50–50,”
Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP, 14.1 and n, 14.2
Filatova, Lydia, “Langston Hughes: American Writer,” and n
film, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 13.1 and n, 14.1 and n; “Black and White” project, 6.1, 6.2, 10.1n; Way Down South, 9.3, 9.4 and n. See also specific films
Fine Clothes to the Jew, 3.1, 3.2 and n, 3.3 and n, 10.1, 12.1
Firbank, Ronald, Prancing Nigger, 13.1 and n
Fire!!, 3.1n, 3.2n, 4.1n, 6.1 and n, 6.2, 8.1n, 8.2n, 15.1n, 16.1n
First Book of Africa, The, 13.1n, 13.2n
First Book of Jazz, The, 12.1 and n, 13.1 and n
First Book of the West Indies, The, 13.1, 13.2 and n
Fisher, Dorothy, n
Fisher, Rudolph “Bud,” 4.1n, 4.2 and n; The Walls of Jericho, 4.3n, 4.4
Fisk University, itr.1, 3.1n, 4.1n, 4.2n, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
Fitzgerald, Ella, n
Fletcher, Dusty, and n
Fletcher, John Gould, and n
Floating Bear, The, 14.1 and n
Flynn, Larry
Folsom, Franklin, 8.1 and n; Hughes’s letters to, 8.2
Ford, Byington, and n
Forum, The, 3.1, 7.1
Foster, Gloria
Four Lincoln University Poets, 8.1n
France, itr.1, 1.1 and n, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1 and n, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2n, 16.3n; Communist Party, 6.2n; Hughes in, 2.3 and n, 2.4 and n, 2.5n, 8.1, 14.1, 14.2 and n
Franco, Francisco, n
Frank, Anne, n
“Freedom Road,” 10.1 and n, 10.2, 10.3
“Freedom’s Plow,” 10.1 and n, 10.2n, 12.1
Freeman, H. Lawrence, 4.1n; Voodoo, 4.2 and n
Freud, Sigmund, n
Friedman, Charles
Friends of the Soviet Union, 7.1 and n, 12.1n
Frobenius, Leo, 5.1 and n, 5.2
“From an Emir’s Harem,” and n
“From Harlem to Samarkand,” and n
From Here to Yonder column, 10.1 and n, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1n
Fromm Foundation, 13.1n, 13.2
“From Spirituals to Swing,” n
Front Porch, 8.1 and n
Fry, Meda, and n
Fuente Ovejuna, 8.1 and n, 8.2

Gale, Moe, 9.1 and n, 9.2, 9.3 and n
Galkovich, Moissei Grigorievich, and n
Garbalosa, Graziella, and n
García Lorca, Federico, 8.1 and n; Blood Wedding, 8.2 and n, 9.1 and n; Yerma, 16.1 and n
Gardner, Dorothy, n
Garrison, Lloyd K., 12.1n, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 14.1 and n, 14.2
Garrison, William Lloyd, n
Garvin, Sarita “Sallie,” 4.1 and n, 8.1
Gates, Tirzah Maris, and n
Gazzo, Michael, A Hatful of Rain, 14.1 and n
Gelber, Jack, The Connection, 14.1 and n
Genet, Jean, The Balcony, 14.1 and n
Genoa, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 3.1n, 5.1n
George, Zelma Watson, and n
Germany, 1.1 and n, 1.2, 1.3, 5.1, 9.1n, 10.1, 12.1
German Youth Movement
Gershwin, George, itr.1, 7.1n, 12.1n, 13.1n
Gershwin, Ira, n
Ghana, n
Gibson, Richard itr.1, 12.1n
Gibson, Truman, and n
Gide, André, n
Gillespie, Dizzy, n
Gilpin, Charles S., 4.1n, 4.2n
Gilpin Players, 4.1n, 4.2 and n, 4.3, 8.1n, 8.2n, 9.1 and n, 10.1n
Girls from Esquire, The, 12.1 and n
Glasgow, Adele, and n
Glenn, Robert, 13.1n
God That Failed: A Confession, The, 11.1n
“Going Mad with a Dime,” and n
“Golden Brown Blues,” n
Golden Gate Quartet, 10.1n, 10.2 and n
Golden Stair Press, 5.1n, 6.1 and n, 6.2
“The Gold Piece,” and n
Goldwyn, Samuel, and n
“Goodbye Christ,” itr.1, 9.1, 9.2 and n, 9.3n
“Good Morning, Revolution,” itr.1, 6.1, 6.2 and n, 6.3 and n
Gordon, Eugene, n
Gordon, Taylor, and n
Gorky, Maxim, 4.1 and n; Egor Bulychev, 6.1 and n; The Lower Depths, 1.1 and n
“Go Slow,”
gospel, 13.1n, 14.1, 14.2 and n, 14.3 and n, 15.1 and n
Gospel Glory: A Passion Play, The, 14.1 and n, 14.2
Graham, Shane
Grand National, 14.1, 14.2 and n
Granger, Lester, 13.1 and n, 15.1
Grasso, Giovanni, and n
Gray, Gilda, and n
Great Britain, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3n, 7.1 and n, 8.1, 8.2n, 9.1, 15.1
Green, Alan, 10.1; Hughes’s letters to, 10.2
Green, Elder
Green, Elizabeth, n
Green, Lil, 9.1 and n, 9.2
Green, Paul, 3.1 and n, 4.1, 5.1 and n, 7.1; Potter’s Field, 4.2 and n; In Abraham’s Bosom, 3.2n; Roll, Sweet Chariot, 7.2 and n
Greenwich Mews Theatre, New York, 13.1n, 14.1n, 15.1n, 15.2 and n, 16.1
Greenwich Village, itr.1, 1.1n, 1.2, 10.1n, 12.1n, 13.1 and n
Greenwood, Frank, 14.1n; Hughes’s letters to, 14.2
Greenwood Lake, New York, 12.1, 12.2n
Grieg, Edvard, n
Grieg, Nordahl, and n
Griffith, Emile, and n
Griggs, Sutton E., 4.1 and n; Imperium in Imperio, 4.2n
Gruening, Martha, and n
Guggenheim Fellowship, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and n, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1n, 13.1n
Guillaume, Paul, and n
Guillén, Nicolás, 4.1 and n, 8.1, 8.2n, 11.1
Guzman, Jessie Parkhurst, 11.1n; Hughes’s letters to, 11.2
Gynt, Kaj, and n
“Gypsy Man,” n

Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, and n
Haiti, itr.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3n, 4.4 and n, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1 and n, 10.1 and n, 10.2, 11.1; Revolution, itr.2, 4.5n, 8.1n
Hall Johnson Choir, n
Hamilton, Bobb, 15.1n; Hughes’s letters to, 15.2
Hammerstein, Oscar II, 4.1n, 10.1, 10.2n
Hampton Institute, 2.1n, 3.1n, 4.1n, 10.1n, 13.1n
Handy, W. C., 3.1 and n, 3.2, 3.3, 9.1; “Memphis Blues,” 3.4n
Hanna, Leonard C., Jr., n
Hansberry, Lorraine, A Raisin in the Sun, 15.1n
“Hard Luck,” 3.1n, 3.2n
Harlem, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, itr.4, itr.5, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3n, 2.1n, 3.1, 3.2n, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1n, 5.2n, 8.1, 9.1n, 9.2n, 9.3, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2n, 13.1n, 14.1, 15.1n, 15.2n, 16.1, 16.2 and n, 16.3 and n, 16.4; Depression-era, 6.1 and n, 5.3; Hughes settles in, 10.2, 10.3n, 11.1, 12.3; Library, 1.4n, 1.5n, 16.5n; “Niggerati Manor,” 5.4n; popularity with whites, 3.3n; riot (1943), 10.4 and n; Sugar Hill, 10.5 and n. See also Harlem Renaissance; specific locations
Harlem Renaissance, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1n, 2.1n, 3.1, 3.2n, 3.3n, 3.4n, 3.5n, 4.1n, 4.2, 4.3n, 4.4n, 7.1n, 7.2n, 8.1n, 9.1, 9.2 and n, 10.1 and n, 14.1, 16.1 and n; beginning of, 1.2 and n. See also specific authors and works
Harlem Suitcase Theatre, 8.1, 8.2 and n, 8.3n, 14.1n
“Harlem [2],”
Harmon, William E., n
Harmon Foundation Award, 4.1, 4.2 and n, 4.3
Harper, Emerson, 8.1n, 10.1, 10.2 and n, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1
Harper, Toy, 8.1 and n, 10.1 and n, 10.2, 10.3 and n, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3 and n
Harper’s, 1.1n, 3.1n, 4.1, 14.1 and n
Harpers Ferry raid, itr.1, 4.1n
Harrington, Hamtree, and n
Harrington, Ollie, and n
Harvard University
Havana, 3.1 and n, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 and n, 4.3n, 4.4, 5.1
Hawkes, Albert W., and n
Hayakawa, S. I. (“Don”), 16.1, 16.2 and n
Hayden, Robert, and n
Hayes, Arthur Garfield, n
Hayes, Roland, 2.1 and n, 7.1, 8.1, 10.1 and n, 10.2 and n, 10.3, 12.1
Hayton, Lennie, n
“Heart,” n
Hedgerow Theatre, 4.1 and n, 4.2n, 4.3n, 8.1n
Heifetz, Jascha, and n
“Hello Henry,” and n
Hemingway, Ernest, 8.1, 8.2 and n
Henestrosa, Andrés, 8.1 and n; Men Whom the Dance Scattered, 8.2 and n
Herbert, Victor, and n
Herndon, Angelo, and n
Hernton, Calvin, and n
Herriman, George, n
Heyward, Dorothy, n
Heyward, DuBose, 7.1 and n; Porgy, 7.2n
Hill, Abram, n
Himes, Chester, and n
Hines, Earl, n
Hiss, Alger, n
Hitler, Adolf, itr.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Holiday, 14.1 and n
Holland, 2.1, 2.2 and n
Hollywood, itr.1, itr.2, 4.1, 4.2n, 6.1n, 7.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2n, 13.1n; communist blacklisting in, 12.3; treatment of blacks in, 9.2, 9.3n, 9.4 and n, 9.5n, 10.1, 12.4
Hollywood Theatre Alliance (HTA), 9.1 and n, 9.2 and n, 9.3n, 9.4; “Negro Revue,” 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8n
Holmes, John Haynes, n
Holt, Henry, 7.1n, 12.1 and n, 12.2 and n
Holt, Nora, 4.1 and n, 6.1, 8.1, 13.1n
Holt, Rackham, and n
Holt, Stella, 13.1 and n, 14.1n, 15.1; Hughes’s letters to, 13.2
“Home,” 7.1n, 7.2, 7.3
Homer, Odyssey, 1.1
homoeroticism, 1.1n, 2.1, 14.1n, 14.2n
honorary degrees, and n
Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, J. Edgar, n
Horne, Frank, and n
Horne, Lena, 9.1n, 13.1 and n
Hotel America, New York, prf.1, 1.1
Houénou, Prince Kojo Tovalou, and n
House Committee on Un-American Activities, itr.1, itr.2, 9.1n, 12.1, 12.2 and n-15 and n, 13.1n
“A House in Taos,” itr.1, 3.1n, 7.1 and n
Houseman, John, and n
Housman, A. E., 1.1 and n; Last Poems, 1.2n; A Shropshire Lad, 1.3n
Howard, Sidney, They Knew What They Wanted, 3.1 and n
Howard, Vilma, and n
Howard University, itr.1, 1.1n, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1n, 5.1n, 5.2, 6.1, 12.1n, 15.1n
Howells, William Dean, n
Hughes, James Nathaniel, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 1.2 and n, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2n, 4.1, 4.2n; death of, 7.1, 7.2 and n, 7.3, 7.4 and n, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8; Hughes’s letters to, prf.1, 1.5, 4.3
Hughes, John, and n
Hughes, James Langston, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1; in Africa, 2.2, 14.2 and n, 14.3 and n, 14.4 and n, 16.2, 16.3; alleged ties to communism, itr.1, itr.2, 9.2n, 11.2, 11.3 and n, 11.4 and n, 11.5 and n, 11.6 and n, 12.2, 12.3 and n, 12.4, 12.5 and n, 12.6 and n, 12.7 and n, 16.4; as busboy, 3.3n, 3.4 and n, 3.5; in California, 7.2, 9.3, 9.4, 14.5 and n; childhood of, itr.3; at Columbia University, itr.4, itr.5, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and n, 1.5 and n, 1.6 and n, 1.7n, 3.6; critics on, 3.7, 8.2n, 11.7, 13.2n, 14.6n; death and funeral of, 16.5; in France, 2.3 and n, 2.4 and n, 2.5n, 8.3, 14.7, 15.2 and n; illnesses of, 4.3 and n, 9.5 and n, 9.6, 16.6, 16.7n; in Italy, 2.6 and n, 2.7 and n, 14.8 and n; letters of 1921–1931, prf.1; letters of 1931–1939, 4.4; letters of 1939–1949, 8.4; letters of 1950–1960, 11.8; letters of 1960–1967, 13.3; at Lincoln University, itr.6, itr.7, itr.8, itr.9, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and n, 3.12, 4.5, 4.6 and n; love and romance, itr.10, 7.3, 14.9; as mess boy, 1.8 and n, 2.8 and n, 2.9 and n, 2.10, 3.13n; in Mexico, 7.4 and n, 7.5; “Mule Bone” controversy, itr.11, 4.7 and n, 4.8 and n, 14.10; reading tours, itr.12, 5.2, 9.7 and n, 10.2 and n, 10.3, 10.4, 11.9, 11.10 and n, 11.11, 12.8, 12.9, 14.11 and n, 10.5, 11.12 and n; settles in Harlem, 10.6, 10.7n, 11.13, 12.10; in Soviet Union, 6.2; in Spain, 8.5, 8.6 and n, 8.7; tours of South, 5.3, 11.14, 12.11; World War II and, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 and n; as “writer in residence” at University of Chicago Lab School, 11.15 and n; at Yaddo, 10.11 and n, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14. See also specific works
Hull House, Chicago, 4.1n, 5.1n, 10.1 and n
Humes, Harold, n
Hunt, Bob
Huntley, Jobe, 13.1n, 15.1, 15.2
Hurst, Fannie, and n
Hurston, Zora Neale, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, prf.1, 2.1, 3.1n, 3.2 and n, 3.3n, 3.4n, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and n, 5.1n, 5.2n, 9.1, 13.1, 13.2; Dust Tracks on a Road, 3.5n; Hughes’s letters to, 4.4; “Mule Bone” controversy, itr.4, 4.5 and n, 4.6 and n, 14.1; Their Eyes Were Watching God, 3.6n
Hutchinson, George, n
Hutson, Jean Blackwell, and n
Huxley, Julian