| Langston Hughes Festival Advisory Committee | |
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| Leader Title: | Director of the Langston Hughes Festival |
| Leader Name: | Vanessa K. Valdes |
| Leader Title2: | English Department Chair |
| Leader Name2: | Elizabeth Mazzola |
| Leader Title3: | Dean of Humanities and Arts |
| Leader Name3: | Erec Koch |
| Leader Title4: | President of the College |
| Leader Name4: | Vincent Boudreau |
| Members: | Jodi-Ann Francis Retha Powers Emily Raboteau Felice Neals Yahdon Israel Norval Soleyn Gordon E. Thompson David Unger Linda Villarosa Charles Frye |
| Parent Organization: | The City College of New York |
The Langston Hughes Medal has been awarded annually by the Langston Hughes Festival of the City College of New York since 1978. The medal "is awarded to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of Langston Hughes. Each year, the LHF’s Advisory Committee reviews the work of major black writers from Africa to America whose work is accessed as likely having a lasting impact on world literature.".[1]
Recipients of the Langston Hughes medallion[2] are: