Harlem Shadows Claude Mckay First Edition, 1st Printing 1922 Harlem Renaissance

Description: Harlem Shadows Claude Mckay First Edition,1st Printing 1922 - One of the first and most important works of the Harlem Renaissance. VG- Bound in publisher's original gray marbled paper covered boards over blue cloth spine with paper title label, lacking the dust jacket, pages slightly age toned Top of spine lightly frayed affecting very top edge of lightly toned title label, what looks like a small "M" in white on spine, some rubbing along spine, near label on front cover, and along spine on rear panel, very minor indentation to top of rear panel Born in Jamaica, McKay first travelled to the United States to attend college, and encountered W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk which stimulated McKay's interest in political involvement. Mckay flourished as a poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. During this time, his poems challenged white authority while celebrating Jamaican culture. He also wrote tales about the trials and tribulations of life as a black man in both Jamaica and America. This work contains "If We Must Die", one of Mckay's best known works, a widely reprinted sonnet responding to the wave of white-on-black race riots and lynchings following the conclusion of the First World War. Exceptionally Scarce

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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

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