ANY HUMAN TO ANOTHER
BY COUNTEE CULLEN
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a leading poet of the
Harlem Renaissance. As a young man, he excelled at
school, winning a scholarship to New York University.
After completing undergraduate studies there, he went
on to complete an advanced degree in English at
Harvard University. He published several popular
collections of poetry in his lifetime, and the Harlem
Branch of the New York Public Library bears his name.