An overview & welcome to Our Dream Deferred. Find out how we will explore the American story, as inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem, Dream Deferred: “What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun? / Or fester like a sore–/ And then run? / Does it stink like rotten meat? / Or crust and sugar over–/ like a syrupy sweet? / Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. / Or does it explode?”