Black History Month: 10 must-read classics by African American authors

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#2. ‘The Collected Poems,’ by Langston Hughes

Alongside such famous works as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", “I, Too, Sing America,” “Let America Be America Again,” and the book-length poem “Montage of a Dream Deferred,” this poetry collection includes 868 poems spanning five decades of lyrical jazz poetry.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2014/0210/Black-History-Month-10-must-read-classics-by-African-American-authors/The-Collected-Poems-by-Langston-Hughes