Claude McKay: From Home to Harlem to Political Activism (1919–1935)

1. “If We Must Die” appears in *The Liberator*

   Jul 1, 1919Labels: If We, The Liberator, Red Summer

   • If We Must

2. Publishes *Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems*

   Jan 1, 1920Labels: Spring in, Grant Richards, London

   • Morgan Library
   • Poetry Foundation

3. Works with Sylvia Pankhurst’s *Workers’ Dreadnought*

   Oct 1, 1920Labels: Workers' Dreadnought, Sylvia Pankhurst, London

   • Guardian
   • Poetry Foundation

4. Returns to the United States

   Jan 1, 1921Labels: Return to, New York, Harlem Renaissance

   • Lehigh Scalar
   • Poetry Foundation

5. Publishes *Harlem Shadows*

   May 1, 1922Labels: Harlem Shadows, Harcourt Brace, Poetry

   • NYPL
   • Lehigh Scalar

6. Travels to Russia for Comintern Fourth Congress

   Nov 1, 1922Labels: Comintern Fourth, Soviet Russia, Black internationalism

   • McKay Bio

7. Publishes (in Russian) *The Negroes of America*

   Jan 1, 1923Labels: The Negroes, Russian publication, Marxist critique

   • McKay Bio

8. Publishes *Home to Harlem*

   Jan 1, 1928Labels: Home to, Novel, 1928

   • Britannica
   • Morgan Library

9. Publishes *Banjo*

   Jan 1, 1929Labels: Banjo, Transnational novel, Marseilles

   • Britannica
   • Poetry Foundation

10. Publishes *Banana Bottom*

    Jan 1, 1933Labels: Banana Bottom, Jamaica, Novel

    • RSAJournal
    • McKay Bio

11. Returns to Harlem amid Depression-era politics

    Jan 1, 1934Labels: Return to, Depression politics, Communist Party

    • McKay Bio

12. Publishes memoir *A Long Way from Home*

    Jan 1, 1937Labels: A Long, Autobiography, 1937

    • Alexander St
    • Rutgers Press