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A poem titled for this place describes a “peach skinned girlie” and a “honey-gold baby” before calling this place “luscious, delicious, fine Sugar Hill.” Another poem titled for this place describes the “timid little feet of clay” of prostitutes who are “wandering from street to street.” This place titles two poems about its “Sweeties” (10[1])and “Shadows,” the latter (-5[1])written by Claude McKay. Another poem titled for this place asks, “does it stink like rotten meat?” (10[3])as a response (-5[1])to the question (-5[1])“what happens to a (10[1])dream deferred?” For 10 (10[1])points, Langston Hughes and other Black poets participated in a “Renaissance” (10[1])named for what New York neighborhood? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Harlem [accept “Harlem Sweeties”; accept “Harlem Shadows”; accept Harlem Renaissance; prompt on Sugar Hill before mention, prompt on New York City or NYC]
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