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Langston Hughes as the spokesman of the New Negro Movement. “The poet Laureate of Harlem”. Slavery VS Neoslavery Negro Movement VS New Negro Movement “We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.” ;The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes I’ve know rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. ;My People The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. ;I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, Ill be at the table When company comes. Nobodyll dare Say to me, Eat in the kitchen, Then. Besides, Theyll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America.;Mother to Son Well, son, Ill tell you: Life for me aint been no crystal stair. Its had tacks in it,And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare. But all the time Ise been a-climbin on, And reachin landins,And turnin corners, And sometimes goin in the darkWhere there aint been no light. So, boy, dont you turn back. Dont you set down on the steps.Cause you finds its kinder hard. Dont you fall now— For Ise still goin, honey,Ise still climbin, And life for me aint been no crystal stair. ;The Weary Blues Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,I h