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The Poet’s Voice: Langston Hughes and You (NEH / EDSITEment)

By National Endowment for the Humanities / EDSITEment

Collection
Teaching Activities
Subject
English Language Arts
Grades
Grades 9-12
Format
lesson-page
Curriculum
Cross-curricular
Publisher or host
neh.gov

Why this resource is included

Five-journal-entry sequence built around Negro Speaks of Rivers, Mother to Son, and others. Defines and develops voice. Notes Hughes 1958 collaboration with Henry Red Allen band, a useful 1958 anchor for the campaign. Free.

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