“If I am going to be a poet at all, I am going to be POET and not NEGRO POET.”- C.Cullen

Countee Cullen’s possibilities for life were seen at an early age. If people did not recognize his talent in reading his works themselves, they were forced to acknowledge it by the many awards he received. He was said to write as a white person does, but I think color lines can’t be crossed when it comes to writing because they don’t exist. As he progressed in age he progressed in success. He stood in the middle of the whorlwind that would be referred to as the Harlem Renaissance, writing for popular magazines such as Crisis and once again, winning awards for many of his pieces. A power couple was created when he and W.E.B Du Bois' daughter were married, a social event that was talked about for months, but ended quickly. 

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/cullen/life.htm