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Claude McKay’s ‘Romance in Marseille’ Is Ahead of Its Time

Claude McKay’s ‘Romance in Marseille’ Is Ahead of Its Time

Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille -- only recently published -- pushes boundaries on sexuality, disability, identity -- all in gorgeous poetic prose.

In Thrall to Genius: Alain Locke and the Harlem Renaissance

In Thrall to Genius: Alain Locke and the Harlem Renaissance

By serving as a midwife to artists, the "Dean of the Harlem Renaissance" Alain Locke would help foster an art that would stand as a midwife to a better future.

Louise Thompson Patterson and the Long Tradition of Radical Struggle

Louise Thompson Patterson and the Long Tradition of Radical Struggle

Reading the struggle of Patterson and her comrades a century ago reminds us that today's racist violence is not a temporary aberration but a deeply rooted and pervasive flaw in American society.

Chicago — The Other Black Renaissance

‘Harlem Is Nowhere’: An Ingenious Weaving of History and Experience

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