1 year <br />
Travel<br />Bad relationship with father.<br />Worked in Paris and Washington D.C.<br />Traveled abroad on a freight and shipped out as a merchant seaman.<br />Attended Lincoln University<br />Was supported by patrons in NYC <br />
Great Depression & Politics<br />Great Depression<br />Visit to Soviet Union<br />Communism<br />Spanish Civil War<br />Senator Joseph McCarthy<br />FBI Security Risk<br />
Poetry<br />Stanza forms<br />“Low-Down folks”<br />Write about what you know<br />Renaissance Man<br />The Weary Blues<br />
Plays and Music<br />Poetry Accompanying Music<br />Henry “Red” Allen Band<br />First Play - Mule Bone<br />Harlem Suitcase Theatre<br />