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Tag: Langston Hughes

  • This Week in Princeton History for March 19-25

    In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Langston Hughes recites poetry, a third of the women in the Graduate School drop out, and more. March 19, 1877—At a temperance meeting on campus, nine students sign a pledge to abstain from alcohol.…