LANGSTON HUGHES COMMUNITY LIBRARY & CULTURAL CENTER
Langston Hughes Community Library and
Cultural Center
102-09 Northern Boulevard, Corona, 718/651-1100
The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, part of the Queens Borough Public
Library system, provides a wealth of resources for customers pursuing in-depth studies of African-American
history. It houses the Black Heritage Reference Center of Queens County, which features more than 20,000
volumes of circulating and reference materials written about and related to black culture. It is one of the
largest such collections on the East Coast.
U.S. Patent 557,076 for Lewis H. Latimer's Locking Rack for Hats, Coats, Umbrellas, etc.,
1896
The Latimer-Norman Family Collection
