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Countée Cullen

(May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946 / New York)

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Cullen was an American poet and a leading figure with Langston Hughes in the Harlem Renaissance. This 1920s artistic movement produced the first large body of work in the United States written by African Americans. However, Cullen considered poetry raceless, although his 'The Black Christ' took a racial theme, lynching of a black youth for a crime he did not commit. more >>

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''All day long and all night through,
One thing only must I do:
Quench my pride and cool my blood,
Lest I perish in the flood.''

Countee Cullen (1903-1946), U.S. poet. Heritage (l. 116-119). . . My Soul's High Song; the Collected Writings of Countee Cullen, Voice of the Harl...

''What is last year's snow to me,
Last year's anything? The tree
Budding yearly must forget
How its past arose or set—''

Countee Cullen (1903-1946), U.S. poet. Heritage (l. 52-55). . . My Soul's High Song; the Collected Writings of Countee Cullen, Voice of the Harlem...

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