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Max Forrester Eastman (January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969) was an American writer on literature, philosophy and society, a poet and a prominent political activist. Moving to New York City for graduate school, Eastman became involved with radical circles in Greenwich Village. He supported socialism and became a leading patron of the Harlem Renaissance and an activist for a number of liberal and radical causes. For several years, he edited The Masses. With his sister Crystal Eastman, he co-founded in 1917 The Liberator, a radical magazine of politics and the arts.

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Born	Max Forrester Eastman 4 January 1883 Canandaigua, New York
Died	25 March 1969 (aged 86) Bridgetown, Barbados
Zodiac	Capricorn
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Annis Bertha Ford Eastman · Mother · American Congregational minister edit info

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Crystal Eastman · Sister · 1881-1928 · American lawyer, activist, feminist and journalist edit info

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