Claude McKay

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Harlem Renaissance figure journalist novelist person poet political activist

Claude McKay was a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance whose works powerfully explored Black identity, resistance to racism, and social injustice.

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Claude McKay canonical 27
Festus Claudius McKay 1

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance figure ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
awardReceived Harmon Foundation Award for distinguished literary achievement ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1889-09-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1948-05-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Kansas State University ⓘ
surface form: Kansas State Agricultural College

Tuskegee University ⓘ
surface form: Tuskegee Institute
ethnicGroup Afro-Jamaican ⓘ
familyName McKay ⓘ
formerIdeology communism ⓘ
fullName Claude McKay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Festus Claudius McKay
genre essay ⓘ
novel ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Claudius ⓘ
Festus ⓘ
influenced African-American literature ⓘ
Langston Hughes ⓘ
Richard Wright ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme Black identity ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
resistance to racism ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
nationality Jamaican ⓘ
notableWork A Long Way from Home ⓘ
Banana Bottom ⓘ
Banjo ⓘ
Constab Ballads ⓘ
Harlem Shadows ⓘ
Home to Harlem ⓘ
If We Must Die ⓘ
Songs of Jamaica ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nairne Castle, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, United States

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, United Kingdom

Morocco ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Moscow, Soviet Union

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Harlem Renaissance → notablePerson → Claude McKay ⓘ
The Liberator (magazine) → notableContributor → Claude McKay ⓘ
The New Negro (anthology) → containsWorkBy → Claude McKay ⓘ
Claude McKay → fullName → Claude McKay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Festus Claudius McKay
I, Too → relatedAuthor → Claude McKay ⓘ
The Book of American Negro Poetry → includesWorkBy → Claude McKay ⓘ
Jessie Fauset → influenced → Claude McKay ⓘ
Festus → givenNameOf → Claude McKay ⓘ
Festus → usedBy → Claude McKay ⓘ
McKay → hasNotableBearer → Claude McKay ⓘ
Nairne Castle, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica → birthplaceOf → Claude McKay ⓘ
Nairne Castle, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica → associatedWith → Claude McKay ⓘ
If We Must Die → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
Harlem Shadows → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
Banjo → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
Banana Bottom → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
A Long Way from Home → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
A Long Way from Home → mainSubject → Claude McKay ⓘ
Songs of Jamaica → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
Songs of Jamaica → hasTranslator → Claude McKay ⓘ
Songs of Jamaica → hasCreator → Claude McKay ⓘ
Songs of Jamaica → isEarlyWorkOf → Claude McKay ⓘ
Constab Ballads → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
Constab Ballads → creator → Claude McKay ⓘ
Constab Ballads → associatedWith → Claude McKay ⓘ
Home to Harlem → author → Claude McKay ⓘ
The Crisis → notableContributor → Claude McKay ⓘ
American poetry → hasNotableFigure → Claude McKay ⓘ