13 Books That Every African-American Should Have In His/Her Home
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
by Langston Hughes
A collection of approximately 868 poems written by the writer known as poet laureate of Black America, the second greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman and the Harlem Renaissance’s most influential figure. In addition to some of Hughes’ most famous poems, such as “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “I, Too, Sing America,” “Let America Be America Again,” “Montage of a Dream Deferred,” and “Mother to Son,” this collection also includes nearly 300 poems that never appeared in book form, as well as verse for children.
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