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    Langston Hughes Langston Hughes' Jericho - Jim Crow (1964)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Langston Hughes – Jericho-Jim Crow (Part I)
    • 1. Jericho-Jim Crow (Part I)
    • 2. Jericho-Jim Crow (Part II)
    • 3. Jericho-Jim Crow (Part III)
    • 4. Jericho-Jim Crow (Part IV)

    Performance by Langston Hughes.

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