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J. LANGSTON HUGHES
Feb. 2,1902-May 22, 1967
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns
were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids
above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
went down to New Orleans,
and I've seen its muddy
bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I've known rivers:
Ancient,
dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Richard Wright
Sept. 4, 1908-Nov. 28, 1960
A master writer & story teller, three of Mr. Wright's classic's are Uncle Tom's Children 1938, Native Son 1940 and
Black Boy , his autobiography.
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Gwendolyn Brooks
June 7, 1917-Dec. 3, 2000
We Real Cool
The Pool Players
Seven at the Golden Shovel
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
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Donald Goines
?- Oct. 21, 1974
I used to sneak these books from my mother's room and read under them covers when I was a teen. These are
a few of his titles, Dopefiend 1971, Whoreson 1972, Eldorado Red, 1974. Donald wrote a total of 16 books between 1971-7. Five
were written under the name Al. C. Clark and four were the Kenyatta series. He & his wife were gunned down in their home
in Detroit in front of their two young daughters. Their murders remain unsolved.
Donald Writes No More was written by Eddie Stone.
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