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Was awarded the Harmon Foundation Award for this book

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In 1977, the government of Jamaica named Claude McKay the national poet and posthumously awarded him the Order of Jamaica for his contribution to literature.

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If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursèd lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

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He was born in 1889 in Jamaica and was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

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Harmon Foundation Award for distinguished literary achievement, NAACP, 1929, for Harlem Shadows and Home to Harlem.

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"There are years that ask questions and years that answer"

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Another influential writer/poet during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Another influential writer/poet during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Women's fashion of the harlem renassaince

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Women's fashion of the harlem renassaince

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At first, no African Americans were allowed into the theater. It's original name was "Hurtig and Seamon's New Burlesque Theater". Once African American's started performing, it was then changed to "Apollo Theater". It was the most famous spot for African American's to spread their music.

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Where any black person could go and feel welcomed. They could dance, chat, or even eat there.

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Book written by Claude McKay. It is about two different men struggling to find their way into America society.

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Famous writing by W.E.B Du Bois about the making of Africans coming to America

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A Poor Mans Cotton

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Big turning point for African Americans during the civil rights movement.

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Famous art piece of a mix of jazz and cotton picking in a field.

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Famous jazz musician

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Important follower of the NAACP

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Marching together during the Civil Rights Movement.

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Art piece of a jazz band

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Dancing at the cotton club

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Blue, yellow, and red were a popular color for art that involved the African American jazz.

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Influential jazz artist.

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Where the best jazz artists performed (such as Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday.

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One of the most iconic jazz musicians in the Harlem Renaissance period.

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Speech during the Civil Rights Movement.

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One example of what the poem is about, the hanging of black men.