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Letters

Langston Hughes and Nina Simone frequently exchanged letters from 1960 until the poet's death in May of 1967.

October 2, 1960

October 6, 1960

Oct. 21, 1961

Oct. 21, 1961 (back)

October 20, 1961 (front)

October 20, 1961 (inside)

Feb. 24, 1963 (front)

Feb. 24, 1963 (back)

June 18, 1963

X-mas 1963

X-mas 1963

Jan. 31, 1964

Yougn, Gifted & Black (April 1968)Nina Simone

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2002

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