Being American, Freedom, and Sonnets with Claude McKay

Episode 3: Ashley and Anna discuss two types of sonnets and analyze several lines of the poem “America” closely. They discuss what it means to be American and the patriotism of a critical eye. Other topics include freedom of expression; “We strike for the strike;” Habeas Corpus; why Ashley chose not to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance; a question Americans should be asking themselves; and a note on another Harlem Renaissance writer, Zora Neale Hurston.