Essays on Harlem Renaissance

Claude McKay: A Harlem Renaissance Poet Claude McKay, a Harlem Renaissance poet, was a strong believer in equality and utilized his poetry to address issues of discrimination and inequality in American culture. McKay's writings, including "If We Must Die," "Harlem Shadows," and "America," all depict the hardship of African people in...

The Harlem Renaissance was a period when African-American writers and artists were able to express themselves via writing, painting, and music (Singh, 2010). Claude McKay was one of the Harlem Renaissance's first American-African poets. McKay was born and raised in Jamaica before moving to the United States. McKay played a...

The Harlem Renaissance was a social and cultural movement that occurred in Harlem towards the end of the World War I until the mid-1930s. During that period Harlem was a popular cultural focal point attracting authors, scholars and photographers, fleeing from the oppressive political regime of the south. The main...