Langston Hughes held its annual Black Male Youth Symposium dinner for all African American male students to attend.

The purpose of the dinner was to build positive culture and to celebrate the African American youth. The dinner was held February 29, 2012 for sixth through eleventh grade African American males. The dinner was to celebrate Black History Month. The dinner was held in the school gym. It started at six P.M. and ended at nine P.M.

Nasheed Zarif, a sixth grade student said, "The Black Symposium dinner was good. The people on the panel were talking about topics on black history and their jobs. The thing I liked the most about the dinner was the food."

The people in charge of the dinner were Principal Solina and Dean Curtis, and members from Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Corporations (PBSF). Food that was served during the event were ribs, grains, sweet potato, pie, and macaroni. There was no music at the celebration, but there was an open floor microphone panel and discussion.

"It was a five person open mike panel of professional black males in the community. We also had open floor mike where we discussed curtain topics, like the power of thought, college bound, the black image, and stereotypes of the black male," said Williams.

The people on the panel were the chemist Isom Harrison, engineer Najee Zarif, pastor Timothy Dunham, and father Philip Edington.

The students from Langston Hughes Academy enjoyed this dinner that was celebrated for them. Overall, the dinner was a huge success for everyone.