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VIDEO

SILENT FILM (NEW YORK)

SILENT FILM MONTAGE (HARLEM)

HUGHES WALKS OVER TO STOOL, SITS

STILL PIX HARLEM (IN ORDER)

AUDIO

ET

SCOTT VINCENT V/O

"A Poet's Harlem" is the Harlem of Langston Hughes — author, poet and Harlemite.

HUGHES

Know how they describe the word 'Harlem' in the encyclopedia? It's defined as, (READING)

"A congested residential and business section of upper Manhattan, New York City, bounded roughly by Central Park and 110th Street, East River and Harlem River, 168th Street and Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Park."

If you're interested in geographically locating it, that's Harlem, all right. At least it's the label given an area. Just a word. To know the meaning of that word, . . . is to know people Harlem people. I'm one of them. Harlem is my home. My name is Langston Hughes. By profession I'm a poet and author. Maybe that accounts for the way I see my home. . . and the way I've written about it.

HUGHES V/O

Take 125th Street. . . the hub of Harlem. . .
Face like a chocolate bar
full of nuts and sweet
Face like a jack-o'-lantern
candle inside
face like a slice of melon
grin that wide.
That's one side of Harlem. You can't very

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well live there and not see the other side,
too:

I've been scarred and battered
My hopes the wind done scattered
Snow has friz me, sun has baked me
Looks like between 'em
They done tried to make me
Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'
But I don't care!
I'm still here!

HUGHES LIVE IN STUDIO (STCOL)

The encyclopedia calls Harlem a 'congested area.' It is. Congested with people. All kinds. And I'm lucky enough to be able to call a great many of them my friends. I'd like to introduce some of them to you. Meeting them, you might get to know a little about my Harlem Come on. . .be my guest. Let's go over to the schomburg and meet Jean Hudson

SILENT FILM (HUGHES LEAVING HOUSE, WALKING DOWN STEPS, DOWN STREET)

HUGHES V/O

First friend that I'd like you to know is Jean Hudson. She works at the library. Pretty big job, too. She's in charge of the Schomburg Collection. Wondering what that is. . .let's go over and I'll let Jean tell you.

SILENT FILM (HUGHES WALKING)

SOF (INTERVIEW HUGHES & HUDSON)

HUGHES V/O

Have you been giving any thought to how this African situation is affecting the people of Harlem? Lots of talk about it up here. And lots of it takes place right in this shop.

SILENT FILM (EXTERIOR BOOKSTORE)

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SCF (INTERVIEW HUGHES-ADELE GLASGOW)

SILENT FILM (EXTERIOR, INTERIOR MINTON'S) HUGHES V/O

This is Minton's. . .the meeting place of
music afficionados. In the twenties and
thirties this was one of the fabled music
palaces of the world. Society, the under-
world, and ordinary lovers of good music
met here every night to hear some of the bes-
sounds in the country. Seeing it like this
it's hard to believe the noise, the excite-
ment, the smoke, the laughter, the shouting
that this place held in its time, Today,
the music is still good, they still get
their crowds, but it's all a ghost of the
past. . . of the time when Jazz was king. .
and Harlem was its court..

SILENT FILM (FRONT OF RED ROOSTER)

HUGHES V/O

We're a social lot, around here. Like to get
together, tell stories, dig up the past, ex-
change some ideas, hear the latest gossip.
Where else would you go for that but the
'Red Rooster?'

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SOF (INTERVIEW HUGHES-ROBINSON-PEOPLE)

LIVE MARGARET BOND AT PIANO IN STUDIO

HUGHES V/O

Here's a special friend. . . Margaret Bonds.

Margaret's a compaser. . .a fine one.

(HUGHES GOES TO BONDS, GREETS. BONDS BEGINS
TO PLAY, "A NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS". . .HUGHES
TALKS A FEW BARS, THEN LIGHTS COME UP ON
BETTY ALLEN, WHO SINGS REST OF SONG)

HUGHES (AFTER SONG)

And that voice belongs to another friend of
mine, Betty Allen. . .and what a voice she
has! I get to spend far too little time with
these two ladies. . .I think I'll stay around
for a while. Why don't you go on over and
visit the Church of the Master. You can't
say you've seen Harlem unless you've visited
its churches.

SILENT FILM (EXTERIOR CHURCH)

HUGHES V/O

Here in Harlem we do a lot of praying. . .some
loud, some soft, mostly for the same things.
We talk our thanks, we sing our thanks, some-
times we shout our thanks. . .but one way or
another we make our feelings known. This is
the Church of the Master. You're listening
to the church choir under the direction of
Dr. Stent.

SOF CHURCH CHOIR

STILL PIX (SEQUENCE)

HUGHES V/O

Wonder what he's thinking of right now. . .
God. . .a new bicycle. . .civil rights. . .
bubble gum. . .a girl. . .I once wrote a poem

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about you, little fella. . .
Lonely little question mark
on a bench in the park
See the people passing by?
See the airplanes in the sky?
See the birds
flying home
before
dark?
Home's just around
the corner
there - -
but not really
anywhere.

HUGHES LIVE IN STUDIO (STOOL,
ENCYCLOPEDIA NEARBY)

HUGHES

That's my Harlem. A small portion of it. And
those were some of my friends. I'm glad you
could get to meet them. (READS) "Harlem, a
congested residential and business section of
upper Manhattan, New York City."
I'd like to read you something from my book,
"Simple Takes a Wife." I think it kind of
sums it all up. . .it's something that Simple
says. . ."If I was a bird, daddy-o, I would
sometimes fly so high I would not see this
world at all. I would soar! Just soar way up
into the blue where heaven is, and the smell
of earth does not go, neither the noise of
juke boxes. Up there I would not hear anything.

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STILL PIX SEQUENCE

LIVE HUGHES STUDIO, READING

but space, . . .blue sky-and-wind space. So
much space! But when I got real lonesome
looking at space, I would head back towards
earth. I would pierce old space with my beak
and cleave the wind with my wings. I would
split the sky wide open to get back to earth.
And when I come in sight of Lenox Avenue, man
I would caw once real loud. Everybody would
look up and think it was a horn honking on
the Chariot of God. But it wouldn't be no-
body but me - - coming back to Harlem.

Thank you, . . .and good-night.

(WALKS OFF)

VIDEO

SILENT FILM (NEW YORK)

SILENT FILM MONTAGE (HARLEM)

HUGHES WALKS OVER TO STCOL, SITS

AUDIO

ET

SCOTT VINCENT V/O

HUGHES

If you're interested in geographically locating it, that's Harlem, all right. At least it's the label given an area. Just a word. To know the meaning of that word, . . is to know people — Harlem people. I'm one of them. Harlem is my home. My name is Langston Hughes. By profession I'm a poet and author. Maybe that accounts for the way I see my home. . . and the way I've written about it.

STILL PIX HARLEM (IN ORDER)

HUGHES V/O

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ADDRESS CARD

HUGHES V/O
This is Minton's. . . the meeting place of
music afficionados. In the twenties and
thirties this was one of the fabled music
palaces of the world. Society, the under-
world, and ordinary lovers of good music
met here every night to hear some of the best
sounds in the country. Seeing it like this
it's hard to believe the noise, the excite-
ment, the smoke, the laughter, the shouting
that this place held in its time, Today,
the music is still good, they still get
their crowds, but it's all a ghost of the
past. . . of the time when Jazz was king. .
and Harlem was its court.

HUGHES V/O

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HUGHES V/O

Margaret's a compaser. . . a fine one.

(HUGHES GOES TO BONDS, GREETS. BONDS BEGINS
TO PLAY, "A NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS". . . HUGHES
TALKS A FEW BARS, THEN LIGHTS COME UP ON
BETTY ALLEN, WHO SINGS REST OF SONG)

HUGHES (AFTER SONG)

And that voice belongs to another friend of
mine, Betty Allen. . . and what a voice she
has! I get to spend far too little time with
these two ladies. . . I think I'll stay around
for a while. Why don't you go on over and
visit the Church of the Master. You can't
say you've seen Harlem unless you've visited
its churches.

SILENT FILM (EXTERIOR CHURCH)

HUGHES V/O

Here in Harlem we do a lot of praying. . . some
loud, some soft, mostly for the same things.
We talk our thanks, we sing our thanks, some-
times we shout our thanks. . . but one way or
another we make our feelings known. This is
the Church of the Master. You're listening
in rehearsal
to the church choir under the direction of
Dr. Stent.

SOF CHURCH CHOIR

STILL PIX (SEQUENCE)

HUGHES V/O

God. . . a new bicycle. . . civil rights. . .

bubble gum. . . a girl. . . I once wrote a poem

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HUGHES LIVE INSTUDIO (STOOL,
ENCYCLOPEDIA NEARBY)

HUGHES
That's my Harlem. A small portion of it, And
those were some of my friends. I'm glad you
could get to meet them. (READS) "Harlem, a
congested residential and business section of
upper Manhattan, New York City."
I'd like to read you something from my book,
"Simple Takes a Wife." I think it kind of
sums it all up. . .it's something that Simple
says. . ."If I was a bird, daddy-o, I would
sometimes fly so high I would not see this
world at all. I would soar! Just soar way up
into the blue where heaven is, and the smell
of earth does not go, neither the noise of
juke boxes. Up there I would not hear anything

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STILL PIX SEQUENCE

LIVE HUGHES STUDIO, READING

but space. . .blue sky-and-wind space. So
much space! But when I got real lonesome
looking at space, I would head back towards
earth. I would pierce old space with my beak
and cleave the wind with my wings. I would
split the sky wide open to get back to earth.
And when I come in sight of Lenox Avenue, man,
I would caw caw real loud. Everybody would
look up and think it was a horn honking on
the Chariot of God. But it wouldn't be no-
body but me -- coming back to Harlem.
Thank you. . .and good-night.
(WALKS OFF)

VIDEO

SILENT FILM (NEW YORK)

SILENT FILM MONTAGE (HARLEM)

AUDIO

ET

SCOTT VINCENT V/O

HUGHES

If you're interested in geographically locating it, that's Harlem, all right. At least *take that* the label given an area. Just a word. To know the meaning of that word. . . is to know people, Harlem people. I'm one of them. Harlem is my home. My name is Langston Hughes. By profession I'm a poet and author. Maybe that accounts for the way I see my home. . . and the way I've written about it.

HUGHES V/O

Take 125th Street, the hub of Harlem, . . .

Face like a chocolate bar
full of nuts and sweet,
Face like a jack-o'-lantern
candle inside,
face like a slice of melon
grin that wide.

STILL-PIX HARLEM (IN ORDER)

- Off-camera -
use script

Langston Hughes —
VISUAL SUGGESTIONS
for ABC
EYPEDITION: NEW YORK—Harlem

Langston
Hughes
10/25/60

1. **PANORAMIC VIEW OF HARLEM**
   From Riverside Drive and the Hudson to the
   <u>MEMMEMM</u> Harlem River and Puerto Rican sections

2. **CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY**
   New modern East Harlem Branch showing Arts
   and Crafts Studios in action; swimming pool;
   outdoor games; record room, perhaps dancing.

3. A BOY SCOUT MEETING: Catholic Parish House

4. Y. M. AND Y. W. C. A. TEEN-AGE GROUPS
   Basket ball, chess, study groups, concerts

5. A COLLEGIATE FRATERNITY FORMAL DANCE

6. MODERN LENOVO TERRACE APARTMENT: New housing

7. CONDEEMED FLATS: Old housing marked for clearance

8. CARVER BANK: Examples of Negro owned businesses

10. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE OFFICES "

11. AMSTERDAM NEWS BUILDING "
Editorial offices on press day -
Newsboys getting papers

12. MARKET PLACE: An African-American Art Gallery

13. CHURCHES: An Episcopalian church
Synagog of Black Jews
A Gospel Church

13. BLUMSTEIN'S DEPARTMENT STOREM
An example of integrated staff on 125th Street

15. ENTERTAINMENT:
CHRISTMAS CANTATA IN rehearsal: Church of Master
Little Theatre Group in rehearsal
Teen-age quartet in rehearsal
A jazz band playing at a party
Puerto Rican bongo players
Badie Bruce Dance Studio: Tiny Tots Class
Betty Allen rehearses for a European tour

16. THE A TRAIN
125th Street Eighth Avenue Subway Station
showing Duke Ellington's famous A Train on
which many Harlemites go to work downtown—
to Ellington's music.

FILE COPY: Sent to Betty Freedman

Langston Hughes--
VISUAL SUGGESTIONS

Ivan von Auw, Jr.,

October 26, 1960

for
**EXPEDITION: NEW YORK - HARLEM**

1. **PANORAMIC VIEW OF HARLEM**
   From Riverside Drive and the Hudson to the Harlem River and Puerto Rican sections

3. **A BOY SCOUT MEETING:** Catholic Parish House

4. **Y. M. AND Y. W. C. A. TEEN-AGE GROUPS**
   Basket ball, chess, study groups, concerts

5. **A COLLEGIATE FRATERNITY FORMAL DANCE**

6. **MODERN LENOX TERRACE APARTMENT:** New housing

7. **CONDEMMED FLATS:** Old housing marked for clearance

8. **CARVER BANK:** Examples of Negro owned businesses

9. **MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE OFFICES**

10. **AMSTERDAM NEWS BUILDING**
    Editorial offices on press day
    Newsboys getting papers

11. **MARKET PLACE:** An African-American Art Gallery

12. **CHURCHES:**
    An Episcopal Church
    Synagogue of Black Jews
    A Gospel Church

13. **BLUMSTEIN'S DEPARTMENT STORE**
    An example of integrated staff on 125th Street

14. **ENTERTAINMENT:**
    Christmas Cantata in rehearsal: Church of the Master
    Little Theatre Group in rehearsal
    Teen-age quartet in rehearsal
    A jazz band playing at a party
    Puerto Rican bongo players
    Sadie Bruce Dance Studio: Tiny Tots Class
    Betty Allen rehearses for a European tour

15. **THE "A" TRAIN**
    125th Street Eighth Avenue Subway Station
    showing Duke Ellington's famous A Train on which many Harlemites go to work downtown--
    to Ellington's music.

SIMPLE ON HARLEM
from

Chapter 7 - HONEY IN THE EVENING

SIMPLE TAKES A WIFE by Langston Hughes

Simon and Schuster, 1953

"If I was a bird, daddy-o, I would sometimes fly so high
I would not see this world at all. I would soar! Just soar
way up into the blue where heaven is, and the smell of earth
does not go, neither the noise of juke boxes nor radios, tele-
vision or record shops. Up there, I would not hear anything
but winds blowing. I would not see anything but space.....
blue sky—and wind—and space. So much space!

"But when I got real lonesome looking at space, I would
head back towards earth. I would pierce old space with my
beak and cleave the wind with my wings. Yes, I would! I
would split the sky wide open to get back to earth. And when
I come in sight of Lenox Avenue, man, I would caw once real
loud. Everybody would look up and think it was a horn honking
on the Chariot of God. But it wouldn't be nobody but me—coming
back to Harlem.

"I would swoop down on Seventh Avenue at six P. M. in the
evening, do two loop-the loops over the Theresa, and land on
125th Street by the Chock-Full-O'Nuts. Then I would change
myself back into a human, take the bus to my corner, put my
key in my old landlady's vestibule, go up to my Third Floor
Rear, wash my face, change my clothes, lay my hair down, and go
see Joyce, and tell her I am tired of eating raw greens—to
cook me up some ham and collards. I could not stand to be no
bird anyhow if my girl, Joyce, were not with me. Also, I would
miss my friends. I would see how lonesome it were all day long
up there in the heavenly blue and I would come back to this
earth and Harlem.

Revised for
"Expedition:
New York"
12/15/60

SIMPLE ON HARLEM
from
SIMPLE TAKES A WIFE by Langston Hughes
Chapter 19 - "Honey In The Evening"
Simon and Schuster, 1953

"If I was a bird, daddy-o, I would sometimes fly so high
I would not see this world at all. I would soar! Just soar
way up into the blue where heaven is, and the smell of earth
does not go, neither the noise of juke boxes. Up there, I
would not hear anything but winds blowing. I would not see
anything but space.....blue sky—and wind—and space. So
much space!

"But when I got real lonesome looking at space, I would
head back towards earth. I would pierce old space with my
beak and cleave the wind with my wings. I would split the
sky wide open to get back to earth. And when I come in
sight of Lenox Avenue, man, I would caw once real loud.
Everybody would look up and think it was a horn honking on
the Chariot of God. But it wouldn't be nodoby but me—com-
ing back to Harlem. I would swoop down on Seventh Avenue at
six P,M. in the evening, do two loop-the-loops over the
Theresa, and land on 125th Street by the Chock-Full-O'Nuts.
Then I would change myself back into a human, take the bus
to my corner, put my key in my old landlady's vestibule, go
up to my Third Floor Rear, wash my face, change my clothes,
lay my hair down, and go see Joyce, and tell her I am tired
of eating raw greens like a bird—to cook me up some ham and
collards. I could not stand to be no bird anyhow if my girl,
Joyce, were not with me. Also, I would miss my friends. I
would see how lonesome it were all day long up there in the
heavenly blue and I would come back to this earth—and Harlem.