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Dorothy West was apart of the Harlem Renaissance. She wrote 2 novels and many short stories, she was also a magazine editor and a newspaper journalist.

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Dorothy was born in Boston Massachusetts. Her parents were Isaac and Rachel Benson West. West was an only child but had a lot of relatives. Her father was a freed slave, but by the time Dorothy was born the West's were very wealthy. Dorothy started writing when she was younger and finally started getting recognition as a teen.

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When west was a child she wrote a story called "promise and fulfillment", which won a contest and was published in the local newspaper. Her biggest novel is, "The living is easy". 2 of her literacy magazines are, "The challenge" and "The wedding".

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She was the youngest member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Dorothy died at the age of 91, she was never married and never had kids. She was the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Her legacy is her stories that exposed the divisions of racism and classism within African-American society, showing how they undetermined relationships and progress.