The New Negro

Alain Locke, in his “Foreword” to The New Negro (1925), observes, “America seeking a new spiritual expansion and artistic maturity, trying to found an American literature, a national art, and national music implies a Negro-American culture seeking the same satisfactions and objections” (xvi). Within this statement, he underscores the complex relationships that exist within national literary space, such as the one between “American literature” and “Negro-American culture,” where the latter has to…

In The New Negro, by Alain Locke, Locke shows the realities of the African-American culture in the early twentieth century. In his anthology, which includes many different forms of art, he tries to depict this idea of the “New Negro”. He calls for a shift from the “Old Negro” into this idea of a New Negro. According to Locke, the New Negro is this idea of changing the African-American approach towards prejudicial views. He believed the advancement of the culture must be through education and the…

authors, Alain Locke’s The New Negro, Langston Hughe’s “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” and Zora Nele Hurston’s “How it feels to be colored me,” replied to W.E.B Du Bois theory of double consciousness. W.E.B Du Bois theory of double consciousness describes race relation in America, how blacks can suffer from a damaged self image by looking at themselves as perceived by society and the difficulty of being unified or having one identity. Alain Locke “The New Negro” responded to W.E.B…

embraced a new sense of African culture and pride. This movement was inspired by author Alain Locke’s anthology, “The New Negro.”(Martin) Though others, such as Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois, influenced the Black community to rediscover their sense of African heritage and pride, Locke was central in promoting the theme of the movement through artistic and intellectual abilities.…

common place for blacks happened to be Harlem. At the time it was known as the new Negro movement. There was not exactly a high demand for African Americans to just come find a place and call it home, but there are people who helped change the way people thought about blacks. Art was a very big part of Harlem. It helped people see the real Negro inside. It showed people how the discrimination was making them feel. But Negro art was not only sad, their art also showed the happy parts of their…

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and an artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York. During the time of this event, the movement was known as the "New Negro Movement." This event happened between 1917-1935, this was at the time of the end of World War I. During this period in Harlem black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars were blossoming with creative art. Much of the writings and art was focused on the portrayal of realistic black life.…

There are a variety of similarities and differences between Rollin Lynde Hart’s “The New Negro” and Franklin Roosevelt’s “The Forgotten Man.” They both are a significant event in US history. They both are fascinating subjects to talk about, and they were roughly written around the same time. Even though Roosevelt’s “The Forgotten Man” was aired on radio in 1932, Hart’s “The New Negro” was a movement, and the term was coined in 1921. After the war, America faced a lot of hardships and obstacles…

over the Negro during the Harlem Renaissance. Two philosophers have created their own interpretations of the Negro during this Period. In Alain Locke’s essay, The New Negro, he distinguishes the difference of the “old” and “new” Negro, while in Langston Hughes essay, When the Negro Was in Vogue, looks at the circumstances of the “new” Negro from a more critical perspective. During the Harlem Renaissance period, Alain Locke considers African Americans as transforming into someone “new.” He…

In chapter VI, The Educated Negro Leaves the Masses, the question that will be addressed are: What is Woodson’s argument about the relationship between individual’s education and their connection to the “masses,” especially the black church? The author Charter G. Woodson sheds light on how many blacks who tend to seek and obtain higher education tend to separate themselves from other black individuals who lack the same educational background. Also in chapter VII, Dissension and Weakness, Woodson…

Carter G. Woodson was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. He died at the age of 74 on April 3, 1950. In 1916, Woodson founded The Journal of Negro History. He also began the tradition of recognizing Black History Month, which started off as Negro History Week. Because he created this month, Carter received the nickname "The Father of Black History". While attending Kentucky’s Berea College in 1903, Carter earned an undergraduate degree. He also received another undergraduate…