If We Must Die
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| Published | July 1919 |
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| Authors | Claude McKay |
| Subject | Self-assertion under oppression |
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| ID | 4044681 |
About If We Must Die
"If We Must Die" is a poem by Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay published in the July 1919 issue of The Liberator magazine. McKay wrote the poem in response to mob attacks by white Americans upon African-American communities during the Red Summer.