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Brief author info: Claude McKay (1890-1948) American writer. Jamaican-born poet and novelist; one of most outspoken members of the Harlem Renaissance group of African American writers; known for protest poems; traveled extensively; most famous for his poetry collection Harlem Shadows.

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If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

Claude McKay

Your door is shut against my tightened face, And I am sharp as steel with discontent; But I possess the courage and the grace To bear my anger proudly and unbent. The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet.

Claude McKay

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