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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
by Langston Hughes
First published inThe Crisis
LanguageEnglish
Subject(s)Rivers
Publication dateJune 1921
Langston Hughes in 1919 or 1920

"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. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" uses rivers as a metaphor for Hughes's life and the broader African-American experience. It has been reprinted often and is considered one of Hughes's most famous and signature works.

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