Langston Hughes reads The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Poetry Reading Live · 420K views · 2013 · 2:26

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Langston Hughes powerfully recites his iconic poem, connecting African heritage and human history through deep, resonant imagery.

Linked by 10 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including openculture.com, libretexts.org, lumenlearning.com, dailyclout.io, antwerpenleest.be.