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Born September 15, 1889 • Jamaica
Died May 22, 1948 (aged 58) • Chicago • Illinois
Notable Works “Banjo” • “Constab Ballads” • “Harlem Shadows” • “Home to Harlem” • “Songs of Jamaica” • “Spring in New Hampshire”
Movement / Style Harlem Renaissance

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