DURING NATIONAL POETRY MONTH LAST YEAR
Tuesday, April 2, 2002 was
LANGSTON HUGHES POETRY DAY
1.
Where and when was Langston Hughes born?
2.
Listen to Langston Hughes reading his poem "The Negro Speaks of
Rivers." What has "grown deep
like the rivers"?
3. In "I, Too, Sing America," why is the speaker sent to eat in the kitchen?
6. In the "Weary Blues," what instrument is the Negro playing?
