AP African American Studies / Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom
3.11 The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance
Notes
In the 1920s, the "New Negro" (Alain Locke) expressed pride and self-assertion. The Harlem Renaissance produced literature (Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay), music (jazz) and art (Aaron Douglas).
Practice
Alain Locke edited The New Negro (1925), which:
Anthology.
Zora Neale Hurston wrote:
1937.
Aaron Douglas is known as a:
Painter and illustrator.
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