The diverse literary expression of the Harlem Renaissance ranged from the fiction of James Weldon Johnson and the poetry of Claude Mckay which described the reality of black life in America and the struggle for racial identity. ... Also the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and the fiction of Charles W. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Claude McKay's volume of poetry, Harlem Shadow (1922), Jean Toomer's experimental novel combination of poetry and prose, Cane (1923), and Jessie Fauset's novel about a middleclass black woman, There Is Confusion (1924) were among the first books written by Blacks to be published. ...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate