The Harlem Renaissance: Contributers

Claude McKay

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• Claude was born 1890 in Jamaica, then considered a colony of Britain.
• He became an American author, writing poetry and novels.
• His first novel was Home to Harlem, published in 1928.
• Most of his works published in America were lyrical and spoke out against injustice.
• Claude died in 1948, after becoming a Roman Catholic and renouncing his former left wing ideals.

Information from:
"Claude McKay." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.
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Zora Neale Hurston

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• Zora Neale Hurston was born in 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama.
• She was an American writer and was interested in folklore.
• Hurston was educated at Howard University, Barnard College, and also at Columbia University.
• She gathered information on folklore at Jamaica, Haiti, Bermuda, and Honduras.
• Zora developed health problems in later life and died in 1960.

Information from:

"Zora Neale Hurston." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

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Marcus Garvey

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• Marcus Garvey was born in 1887, at Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica.
• He became a black nationalist leader who started the "Back to Africa" movement in the US.
• Marcus traveled to several different places in his life including South America, Central America, England, and New York.
• He founded the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914.
• Garvey was arrested for mail fraud in 1922 and when he was released from jail, he was deported to Jamaica, where he died in 1940.

Information from:

"Marcus Garvey." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

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