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Feb 9, 2012 Superstition
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I have painted a picture of a ghost
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Claude McKay
McKay's viewpoints and poetic achievements in the earlier part of the twentieth century set the tone for the Harlem Renaissance and gained the deep respect of younger black poets of the time, including Langston Hughes.

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Under the Viaduct, 1932

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A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance

"The legacy of the Harlem Renaissance opened doors and deeply influenced the generations of African American writers that followed, including Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks..."

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Discipline

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Claudia Rankine notes that what Martin's poems evoke "is beyond knowledge. Instead, find the feelings words only strive toward. I was awakened..."
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