A Poem

ID: 3115 ~ Source: The Broad Ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah), 22 April 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024055/1922-04-22/ed-1/seq-2/>.
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A Poem

Majors published many poems in Black newspapers, often about themes of race. Aside from the Broad Ax, Majors also published poems in the Chicago Defender, the Colored American, the Peoples Advocate, and the Washington Bee, all prominent African American newspapers.

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