... cleverness he needed to record as a component of the general American experience. Fine Clothes to the Jew may remain in relationship to African American poetry in a manner similar to Walt Whitman's 1855 release of Leaves of Grass stands in relationship to white American verse, or to the verse of the country all in all. His poems and fiction depicted the lives ... ...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate