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Rivers In African American History Research Paper

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1. What effect does the image of rivers create in African American history? Why are the rivers ancient and dusky?

The ancient rivers Hughes talked about in his poem “The Negro Speaks of River” are the heritages of African Americans and Africans. From the Euphrates River where the earliest African civilization begun to the Mississippi River where African Americans received equality in America, the heritage of African Americans flow like multiple ancient rivers that flourished human civilization. To be more exact, Hughes drew similarities between the old African race to the rivers that were flourishing by the African race. Hughes has shown pride in his heritage and he expressed the values of the ancient African and African American race.
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