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Also Known As Countee Porter Cullen
Born May 30, 1903 • Louisville • Kentucky
Died January 9, 1946 (aged 42) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “One Way to Heaven” • “The Black Christ and Other Poems” • “Yet Do I Marvel”
Movement / Style Harlem Renaissance

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