Langston’s Train Ride ~ Robert Burleigh

Langston’s Train Ride

Written by Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins

This historic retelling details the moments on a train crossing the Mississippi River that led to poet Langston Hughes writing his poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” Read more >>

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Originally posted on October 28, 2017.

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