We Believe: "Deep River" Date: Jan. 31, 1958 Description: Jan. 31, 1958. Running time: 13:53. Topic is the spiritual "Deep River" and mentions a contemporary poem with similar theme. Thurman uses the course of rivers as a metaphor for the growth and development of human life. The nature of life is to be in movement and we’re marked by the journey. He ties this in to Langston Hughes' poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
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