Question

What is the relationship between King's image and his work in the civil rights movement? Langston Hughes big influence on mlk

Answer 1

For years, Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Langston Hughes maintained a friendship, exchanging letters and favors and even traveling to Nige ria together in 1960. In 1956, King recited Hughes' poem “Mother to Son” from the pulpit to honor his wife Coretta, who was celebrating her first Mother's Day.