This is a kid who basically made his job obsolete at times. Noland was so well-versed with Langston Hughes’ playbook and offense that Williams would give him two drives a game to call his own plays.

Langston Hughes was known as a key figure in both literary and artistic spaces during the Harlem Renaissance era.

Joe Wilson Jr. performs In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes at the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry ...