The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
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| Originally published | January 6, 2009 |
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| Authors | Langston Hughes |
| Original language | English |
| Published | June 1921 |
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| ID | 2293759 |
About The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem by American writer Langston Hughes. Hughes wrote the poem when he was 17 and crossing the Mississippi River on the way to visit his father in Mexico. It was first published the following year in The Crisis, starting Hughes's literary career.
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