28+ America Poem Claude Mckay Background. Claude mckay, who was born in jamaica in 1889, wrote about social and political concerns from his perspective as a black. Courtesy of the literary representative for the works of claude mckay, schombourg center for research in black culture, the new york public library, astor, lenox and tildeen foundations.
He was the youngest child of thomas francis mckay and hannah ann elizabeth edwards mckay published two poems in 1917 in the seven arts under the pseudonym eli edwards while working as a waiter on the railways.
Claude mckay, who was born in jamaica in 1889, wrote about social and political concerns from his perspective as a black. Do not post any original poems. The literary identity from jamaica to harlem and beyond. Okay so i understand her is a metaphor to america and the poem talks about the struggle african americans and other minorities had to make their way through life(back round.