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Harlem Shadows

Claude McKay
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Region

Diaspora

Jamaica/USA

Era

Harlem Renaissance

Language

English

Genre

Poetry

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Poetry collection including militant sonnet 'If We Must Die' written after Red Summer of 1919.

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First major publication of Harlem Renaissance; 'If We Must Die' became anthem of resistance

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Poetry collection including militant sonnet 'If We Must Die' written after Red Summer of 1919. First major publication of Harlem Renaissance; 'If We Must Die' became anthem of resistance

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