https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/d2919857338e03aeb602474340bca40f.jpg 66d39fa4a435f21b8d80aa7b514119f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Simple Speaks His Mind Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Langston Hughes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1950. Description An account of the resource On February 13, 1943, the fictional character Jesse B. Semple debuted as the protagonist of a new weekly column written by Langston Hughes. Known as Simple, Hughes crafted him to be emblematic of working class African Americans in the mid-20th century. Set in Harlem and published within the pages of the Chicago Defender, Simple stories blended the literary worlds of the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances. Simple Speaks His Mind is the first collected volume of Simple stories, which launched Hughes into literary prominence. Hughes employed the character of Simple to vocalize the everyday experiences of encountering racism in the U.S.