Langston Hughes Statue

Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902. Hughes lived in Lawrence from 1903 to 1915. James Patti created this statue of Hughes in connection with the 1976 Bicentennial celebration. The statue was made using a twelve-piece mold coated with three layers of polyester resin mixed with bronze powder. It was then filled with a mixture of polyester resin, silicate sand, and marble dust. The statue portrays Hughes as a boy delivering the Saturday Evening Post and holding a book by W.E.B. Du Bois.