April 7 Poet of the Day is also a novelist, Claude McKay. He was best known for his poem “If We Must Die.” For more information about this poet, click here:
Additional resources on Claude McKay
Poets.Org: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/25
The Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/claude-mckay
History Matters, “If We Must Die”: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5130/
Teacher Resource from Shmoop: http://www.shmoop.com/if-we-must-die/ (may need to register to access entire resource)
Teacher Resource from Annenberg Learner: http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit10/authors-5.html
The Black Past: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/mckay-claude-1889-1948
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