1. Claude McKay Claude McKay (18891948). Chronology McKay s Life Bibliography On If We Must Die On The White City On America On http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/mckay/mckay.htm

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Claude McKay's The Tropics in New York Harlem Shadows AMERICA If We Must Die ... The Barrier back to Snally Gaster's African American Phat Library Experience Not enough poems here? Email me your favorite works of the masters (no amateurs please). CONTACT The Tropics in New York Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root Cocoa in pods and alligator pears, And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit, Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs, Set in the window, bringing memories Of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills, And dewy dawna, and mystical skies In benediction over nun-like hills. My eyes grew dim, and I could no more gaze; A wave of longing through my body swept, And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept. Harlem Shadows I hear the halting footsteps of a lass In Negro Harlem when the night lets fall Its veil. I see the shapes of girls who pass To bend and barter at desire's call. Ah, little dark girls who in slippered feet Go prowling through the night from street to street Through the long night until the silver break Of day the little gray feet know no rest;

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5. Claude McKay Claude McKay, Education on Claude McKay was born in Jamaica on 15th September, 1890. He began writing poetry as a schoolboy. He worked http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTmckay.htm

Claude McKay To receive your free copy every week enter your email address below. FREE Education Newsletters - choose below... Education on the Internet Teaching History Online Email: Let keep Ahead .com bring you the world by email Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email Claude McKay was born in Jamaica on 15th September, 1890. He began writing poetry as a schoolboy. He worked as a policeman in Spanish Town and when he was twenty-two had his first volume of poems, Songs of Jamaica (1912) published. In 1912 McKay moved to the United States where he attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and Kansas State University . He continued to write poetry and in 1918 his work was praised by both Frank Harris and Max Eastman . The following year, his poem

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7. Claude McKay Claude Mckay (18901948). Though not a native American, Jamaican born Claude McKay was one of the most prominent figures in the Harlem Renaissance. http://www.miamisci.org/youth/unity/Unity1/Brenda/pages/McKay.html

C laude M ckay Though not a native American, Jamaican born Claude McKay was one of the most prominent figures in the Harlem Renaissance. His "If We Must Die" was published in the Liberator in 1919, making it one of the very first poems initiating the tone, subject, and matter of the literary movement. Here are a few lines from the text: "If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, . . . Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!" The content of "If We Must Die" is revolutionary a quality evident in much of McKay's writing. As the poem suggests, McKay believed it to be a poet's duty to politically inform and agitate the minds of the people. During his lifetime, he often spoke out against and wrote about the institutionalized racism of governments in some of the world's most powerful countries. America and England were two of his more popular targets. He traveled from Jamaica visiting numerous places such as America, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. During his travels, he could not help but observe and study the oppression of different peoples and attempt his best to advocate political change.

8. Harlem 1900-1940: Schomburg Exhibit Claude McKay Claude McKay poet, novelist, short story writer photo by James L. Allen Claude McKay is regarded as one of the first significant http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/text/mckay.html

Home Timeline Exhibition For Teachers Resources Claude McKay poet, novelist, short story writer photo by James L. Allen Claude McKay is regarded as one of the first significant writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, he arrived in the United States in 1912 at the age of 21 and had already gained recognition as a poet with his book Songs of Jamaica, published in 1911. He attended Tuskegee Institute and Kansas State University, then traveled to New York and participated in the literary movements there, both in Harlem and in Greenwich Village. His sonnet, "If We Must Die," is his most popular poem. He earned his living as a porter on the railroad and was a resident of Harlem. His book of poems, Harlem Shadows, published in 1922, was a precursor to the Harlem Renaissance. He also became associate editor of The Liberator, a socialist magazine of art and literature. Working closely with Max Eastman, he traveled to Moscow in 1923 in sympathy with the Bolshevik Revolution and became a sort of national hero there. Other books by Claude McKay include Banjo, Harlem: Negro Metropolis

9. Claude McKay Claude McKay (1889 1948). a web guide to Claude McKay from literaryhistory.com. http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/McKay.htm

Claude McKay (1889 - 1948) a web guide to Claude McKay from literaryhistory.com main page 20th century outline authors, alphabetical 19th century authors General Articles http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/mckayc.htm A list of works by and about Claude McKay from the San Antonio College libweb http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=26 An introduction to Claude McKay from the Academy of American Poets. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/text/mckay.html An introduction to McKay from from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library. http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/aframlit.htm A timeline for African American literature published from 1746 - 1999, by Roger Blackwell Bailey Ph.D. http://www.bluefield.wvnet.edu/library/afamlinks.htm A thorough list of web resources for African American writers and literature from the Bluefield State College Library. Harlem Renaissance http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/harlem/contents.html Reprint of the influential Survey Graphic Harlem Number, 1925, which includes articles on the new scene in Harlem by James Weldon Johnson, W.E.B. DuBois, Countee Cullen, poems by Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Cullen, and more. A project of the Univ. of Virginia electronic text center.

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Claude McKay (1890-1948) From Harlem Shadows America Wild May In Bondage ... I Shall Return My Mother ( I and II Africa On a Primative Canoe To Winter ... Poetry The Snow Fairy ( I and II La Paloma In London One Year After ( I and II Thirst Futility Through Agony ( I and II America Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth, Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth! Her vigor flows like tides into my blood, Giving me strength erect against her hate. Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood. Yet as a rebel fronts a king in state, I stand within her walls with not a shred Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer. Darkly I gaze into the days ahead, And see her might and granite wonders there, Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand, Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand. Wild May Aleta mentions in her tender letters, Among a chain of quaint and touching things, That you are feeble, weighted down with fetters, And given to strange deeds and mutterings. No longer without trace or thought of fear

11. Claude McKay Claude McKay. Claude McKay was born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1889. He was educated by his older brother, who possessed a library http://www.fatherryan.org/harlemrenaissance/mckay.htm

Claude McKay Claude McKay was born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1889. He was educated by his older brother, who possessed a library of English novels, poetry, and scientific texts. At the age of twenty, McKay published a book of verse called Songs of Jamaica, recording his impressions of black life in Jamaica in dialect. In 1912, he travelled to the United States to attend Tuskegee Institute. He remained there only a few months, leaving to study agriculture at Kansas State University. He published two sonnets, "The Harlem Dancer" and "Invocation," in 1917, and would later use the same poetic form to record his reactionary views on the injustices of black life in America. In addition to social and political concerns, McKay wrote on a variety of subjects, from his Jamaican homeland to romantic love, with a use of passionate language. During the twenties, McKay developed an interest in Communism and travelled to Russia and then to France where he met Edna St. Vincent Millay and Sinclair Lewis. In 1934, McKay moved back to the United States and lived in Harlem, New York. Losing faith in Communism, he turned his attention to the teachings of various spiritual and political leaders in Harlem, eventually converting to Catholicism. McKay’s viewpoints and poetic achievements in the earlier part of the twentieth century set the tone for the Harlem Renaissance and gained the deep respect of younger black poets of the time, including Langston Hughes. He died in 1948.

12. Claude McKay Claude McKay. (18891948). Born in Jamaica, West Indies (1889), the poet who published Songs of Jamaica was educated by his older brother. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/edison/studentsites/sites/Black History/Beth P

Claude McKay B orn in Jamaica, West Indies (1889), the poet who published Songs of Jamaica was educated by his older brother. His brother had a library of "English novels, poetry, and scientific texts" (Claude McKay 1). Claude McKay's book, Songs of Jamaica , explains his impressions of black life in Jamaica. H e left his homeland, Jamaica, to come to the United States to study agriculture at Kansas State University. He wrote two incredible sonnets titled, "The Harlem Dancer" and "Invocation," to show his views on the unfairness of black life in America. T his poet traveled to Russian and France because of his developed interest in Communism. There he met Edna St. Vincent Millay and Sinclair Lewis. He moved back to the United States to live in Harlem, New York. The Harlem Renaissance was a very important time then, and McKay lost faith in Communism. He started to pay attention to spiritual and political teaching by leaders in Harlem. T his inspired McKay to convert of Catholicism. This time period also inspired his writing, and he gained much respect from many people (Claude McKay 1).

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15. Claude McKay Claude McKay was born in Jamica and became. a major poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He died in 1948. http://www.canwehaveourballback.com/mckaybio.htm

Claude McKay was born in Jamica and became a major poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He died in 1948.

16. Claude McKay - The Academy Of American Poets claude mckay The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs, selected poems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. claude mckay. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=26

17. Claude McKay The Tropics in New York. Bananas ripe and green, and gingerroot, Cocoa in pods and alligator pears, And tangerines and mangoes and http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/mckay.html

Claude McKay The Tropics in New York After the Winter Heritage Spring in New Hampshire ... Flame-Heart The Tropics in New York Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root, Cocoa in pods and alligator pears, And tangerines and mangoes and grapefruit, Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs, Set in the window, bringing memories Of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills, And dewy dawns, and mystical blue skies In benediction over nun-like hills. My eyes grew dim and I could no more gaze; A wave of longing through my body swept, And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept. After the Winter Some day, when trees have shed their leaves And against the morning's white The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night, We'll turn our faces southward, love, Toward the summer isle Where bamboos spire to shafted grove And wide-mouthed orchids smile. And we will seek the quiet hill Where towers the cotton tree, And leaps the laughing crystal rill, And works the droning bee.

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Claude McKay's Life Freda Scott Giles Photo by James L. Allen Source Songs of Jamaica (1912) and Constab Ballads Having heard favorable reports of the work of Booker T. Washington, McKay enrolled at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama with the intention of studying agronomy; it was here that he first encountered the harsh realities of American racism, which would form the basis for much of his subsequent writing. He soon left Tuskegee for Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1914 a financial gift from Jekyll enabled him to move to New York, where he invested in a restaurant and married his childhood sweetheart, Eulalie Imelda Lewars. Neither venture lasted a year, and Lewars returned to Jamaica to give birth to their daughter. McKay was forced to take a series of menial jobs. He was finally able to publish two poems, "Invocation" and "The Harlem Dancer," under a pseudonym in 1917. McKay's talent as a lyric poet earned him recognition, particularly from Frank Harris, editor of Pearson's magazine, and Max Eastman, editor of

19. McKay, Claude mckay, claude, mukA Pronunciation Key. mckay, claude , 1890–1948, American poet and novelist, b. Jamaica, studied at Tuskegee and the Univ. claude mckay. http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/A0830953.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia McKay, Claude [m u k A Pronunciation Key McKay, Claude , American poet and novelist, b. Jamaica, studied at Tuskegee and the Univ. of Kansas. A major figure of the Harlem Renaissance, McKay is best remembered for his poems treating racial themes. His works include the volumes of poetry Spring in New Hampshire (1920) and Harlem Shadows (1922); and the novels Home to Harlem Banjo (1929), and Banana Bottom (1933). For years McKay was involved in radical political activities, but he became increasingly disillusioned, and in 1944 he converted to Roman Catholicism. See his autobiography, A Long Way from Home The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, McIntosh, William McKay, Donald Related content from HighBeam Research on: Claude McKay The last word: Claude McKay's unpublished 'Cycle Manuscript.'

20. Claude McKay - The Academy Of American Poets An Academy of American Poets poetry exhibit, including a brief biography and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/cmckafst.htm

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