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By Allison Escoto From Booklist "Miller’s writing is vivid and transporting. . . . A must-read for American history, music, and literature buffs." The fascinating lives, enduring influence, and deep friendship of two of America’s most prominent artists, Langston Hughes and Nina Simone, are given long-overdue attention. As Miller writes in his prologue, “From their first encounter to the last time they met, the two were bound by chords that still resonate in the ears of those who are...

Distinguished Professor of English Jason Miller screens his film, Origin of the Dream. From NC State Magazine by Chris Saunders In 2013, Distinguished Professor of English Jason Miller discovered an audio reel with a hidden history. Long forgotten in a Rocky Mount, N.C., library was a recording of a November 1962 speech Martin Luther King Jr. delivered at Rocky Mount’s Booker T. Washington High School. Read more ...