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  "The Crisis, June 1921, the contents — 'THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS'",
  "The Crisis, June 1921, the poem — 'known rivers'",
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  "The New Negro, 1925, Hughes's Epilogue — 'sing America'",
  "The New Negro, 1925, Du Bois's essay — 'THE NEGRO MIND REACHES OUT'",
  "The Nation, 23 June 1926, the contents — 'Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain'",
  "The Nation, 23 June 1926, the essay — 'dark-skinned selves without fear or shame'",
  "The Weary Blues, 1926, the title poem — 'Droning a drowsy syncopated tune'",
  "The Weary Blues, 1926, Epilogue — 'I, too, sing America.'",
  "Fire!!, 1926, Hughes's poem — '_Elevator Boy_'",
  "Caroling Dusk, 1927, the imprint — 'COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY HARPER & BROTHERS'",
  "Caroling Dusk, 1927, Hughes's note — 'Joplin, Missouri'",
  "Caroling Dusk, transcription — 'Joplin, Missouri'",
  "Not Without Laughter, 1930, the imprint — 'Copyright 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf'",
  "Not Without Laughter, 1930, the title — 'NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER'"
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