Book Description

The renowned author, Langston Hughes, graduated from Lincoln University in 1929. In this yearbook of Lincoln University's Class of 1929, "Lank," as he was called by his classmates, is mentioned several times. In the "Who's Who of '29" categories, on page 6 there is a photograph and profile of Langston Hughes, where it states: "February of our Freshman year a poet came into our midst...Lank came to us with many stories of the South Sea Islands, northern borders of Africa and oh! ever so much, and finally became settled and acclimated to the campus, and was a pal to every one. Really and truly, it is a compliment to be paid to 'our boy poet.' He is a member of Phi Lambda Sigma English Society and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Lank's Senior year found him quite busy taking orders for Senior caps. As for the future, he expects to travel and let education take care of itself." The yearbook also mentions several other prominent African Americans who were studying at Lincoln University in 1929. On page 8, Thurgood Marshall, who graduated in 1930 and became Supreme Court Justice, appears in a class prophecy that states that he was "a lawyer who came to study the technique of law in France, Germany and Switzerland." Clarence Mitchell, Jr., who graduated in 1932 and became an NAACP activist, is praised on page 16 for his skills in the debating society.