0051: "Enter the New Negro" by Alain Locke (1925) - Amicus Lectio

In 1925, Alain Locke published the article "Enter the New Negro" and defined "New Negro" as "augury of a new democracy in American culture." Locke took the term to a new level. Locke described black people's negative impression of their racial values in the context of long-term repression in a racist society. He believed this made African Americans contribute to distorting their own social status, and that they all needed to adopt a new attitude. He pointed out that the thinking new Black people committed to combating stereotypes, awakening black national consciousness and pride, as well as improving the social status of the African diaspora worldwide.

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