I was listening to This American Life - The Kindness of Strangers. Around the 18 min 30 sec mark Act Two, 'Runaway' begins. Its a story of H. Jack Geiger being taken in by actor Canada Lee. The story lead me to find out about Langston Hughes; a frequent visitor to Canada Lee's house.
I knew the name from a life time of almost learning things. I found an entry at The Academy of American Poets and Hughes reading his own poem, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, here.