Claude McKay

Sunday, January 01, 1928

Claude McKay was born in Jamaica in 1890 and came to the United States in 1912 to attend college and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1940. McKay was a writer, poet, and novelist who was a central figure and voice of the Harlem Renaissance. McKay's notable works include the sonnet, If We Must Die (1919), the novel, Home to Harlem (1928), and numerous poems.