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Claude McKay, Harlem, Negro Metropolis

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Claude McKay, Harlem, Negro Metropolis
<B>Claude McKay, </B></I><B><I>Harlem, Negro Metropolis</B></I></B></I> (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1940), first edition, 262 pages, illustrations, green-cloth binding with gold lettering, 8vo (8.75” x 5.5”). Jamaican writer Claude McKay (1889-1948) was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His novels and poetry increasingly reflected his radical views and dissatisfaction with the nationalism of Marcus Garvey on one hand and the middle-class NAACP on the other. In 1928, his novel <I>Home in Harlem</B></I> won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, but its frank depiction of African-American street life drew criticism from his hero, W. E. B. Dubois, who believed that such “licentiousness” would feed the racist attitudes of white readers. <I>Harlem: Negro Metropolis</B></I> features portraits of many African-American icons, including Ethel Waters, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph, and James Weldon Johnson (to whom the book is dedicated). This volume, a former Brooklyn Public Library book, is in good condition with moderate wear, acidification and some spotting.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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