NMLP P-044553 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Home to Harlem

Claude McKay · Harper & Brothers (New York) · 1928

US Harper & Brothers (imprint reads 'New York and London'), January 1928, is the true first — widely cited as the first bestselling novel by a Black American writer. A separately published British trade edition could not be corroborated in this pass, so the census 'UK issue followed' note is left unverified; US Harper precedence is unambiguous regardless.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044553 for "Home to Harlem" by Claude McKay (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044553, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).