Simple's Uncle Sam

The award-winning author's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection.

With an Introduction by Akiba Sullivan Harper

Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple."

Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varied...