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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I Too" by Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes died at age 65 in 1967.
Click here for his obituary
from The New York Times

More readings by Hughes and other black poets are available in the collection
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like Rivers from Rhino Records.

If you enjoy spoken word, then please visit this link:
The Goddess and The Skylark, Dancing Through the Word Labyrinth.
It's the work of poet and author Aberjhani, co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance,
published poet and writer Nordette Adams, and spoken word artist and musician Mark Rockeymoore.
click for more information


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