Harlem Renaissance Poetry
The second 1923 post for our annual celebration of Black History Month.
One hundred years ago today … The February issue of The Crisis featured verse by Harlem residents Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen, and a piece by Haitian poet Oswald Durand, translated from French to English by writer and editor Jessie Fauset.
We have featured The Crisis on numerous occasions, such as our post for February 1, 1920, one about lynching for February 4, 1920, one about voter suppression for February 17, 1921, and one about Madeleine Allison for July 19, 1921. We have also highlighted Fauset's literary and editorial work here and here. We featured Hughes' verse in The Crisis here and Cullen's graduation from high school one year ago from this writing.
– Jonathan Goldman, February 7, 1923
TAGS: Black history, Harlem Renaissance, African American poetry, print culture, literature, translation, Haiti