C. T. Suddeth

Claude McKay (1889-1948) was born in Jamaica but spent much of his life in NYC where he became a major poet and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance.

IF WE MUST DIE

If we must die, let it not be like hogs

Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,

While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making their mock at our accursèd lot…