The Fight to Preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home From Gentrification
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/langston-hughes-harlem-home-180960260/
This article touches on both Langston Hughes's life and themes prominent in "The Ballad of the Landlord"—namely, race, housing, and the intersection of the two—describing the ways in which Hughes' own former home has become a battleground in fights over gentrification and urban space.