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.

Aliases (1)

Festus Claudius McKay ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
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 Agricultural College → Tuskegee Institute →
ethnicGroup	Afro-Jamaican →
familyName	McKay →
formerIdeology	communism →
fullName	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, New York City, United States → London, United Kingdom → Morocco → Moscow, Soviet Union →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The New Negro (anthology) →	containsWorkBy
Claude McKay ("Festus Claudius McKay") →	fullName
The Liberator (magazine) →	notableContributor
Harlem Renaissance →	notablePerson
I, Too →	relatedAuthor