Hughes has written of inequality ("I, Too, Sing America"), of resilience ("Mother to Son" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"), of pride ("My People"), of hope ("Freedom's Plow"), and of music ("The Trumpet Player" and "Juke Box Love Song").
blues | Rhythm and blues | Blues | rhythm and blues | Hill Street Blues | House of Blues | The Blues Brothers | St. Louis Blues | The Moody Blues | St. Louis Blues (ice hockey) | Briefcase Full of Blues | The Blues Band | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Climax Blues Band | Cardiff Blues | The Blues Brothers (film) | Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again | Sita Sings the Blues | Rhythm and Blues | New Wave Blues | Jammin' the Blues | Emily Pohl-Weary | Blues Music Award | All Blues | White and Black Blues | The Country Blues | Self Destruction Blues | Piedmont blues | Kansas City Blues | American Blues |