The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Author: Langston Hughes
Illustrator: E.B. Lewis
Genre: Poetry
Sub Genre: African American Literature
Primary and Secondary Characters: African Americans across the globe
Publishing: Disney Jump at the Sun Books, 2009
Awards: Coretta Scott King 2009
Theme: roots and heritage of African Americans
Summary: A poem about the journeys of the African American race around the world. It relates the many locations by the rivers within each one.
In a classroom, this book could serve as an introduction to Black History Month or the history of slavery.
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