Claude McKay

Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a Jamaican-US writer, poet and novelist. He was one of the most outspoken members of the Harlem Renaissance group of African American writers. Harlem Shadows was his famous collection of poems.

Wisdom & Quotes

• 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.
- If We Must Die

• 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.
- White Houses

Charles de Gaulle