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Claude McKay

Claude McKay
Considered a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Jamaican-born American author Claude McKay wrote poems and novels depicting black life in Jamaica and the United States. McKay was among the first black writers to attract a large white audience.
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McKay, Claude; Harlem Renaissance
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