New Negro

For other uses, see New Negro (disambiguation).
A Universal Negro Improvement Association parade in Harlem, 1920. A sign on a car says "The New Negro Has No Fear".

"New Negro" is a term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance implying a more outspoken advocacy of dignity and a refusal to submit quietly to the practices and laws of Jim Crow racial segregation. The term "New Negro" was made popular by Alain LeRoy Locke in his anthology The New Negro.[1]

  1. ^ Locke, Alain, 1885-1954. (1997). The New Negro (1st Touchstone ed.). New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684838311. OCLC 37551618.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)