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The lynch by claude mckay meaning of the poem.

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In his poem “The Lynching,” Claude McKay uses the event of a black man being lynched to highlight the racism and gruesome acts of violence committed against blacks in America during the early twentieth century. ... The poem first opens by describing the spirituality experienced by the victim

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