The New Negro (anthology)
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The New Negro is a landmark 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke that helped define and propel the Harlem Renaissance by showcasing the literature, art, and thought of a new generation of Black American creators.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New Negro | 3 |
| Illustrations for The New Negro | 1 |
| New Negro ideology | 1 |
| New Negro movement | 1 |
| New Negro movement ideology | 1 |
| The New Negro (anthology) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The New Negro (anthology) Context triple: [Harlem Renaissance, notableWork, The New Negro (anthology)]
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Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Let America Be America Again
"Let America Be America Again" is a political slogan, drawn from a Langston Hughes poem, used to evoke themes of restoring American ideals and opportunity.
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Voices of Freedom
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Target entity: The New Negro (anthology) Target entity description: The New Negro is a landmark 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke that helped define and propel the Harlem Renaissance by showcasing the literature, art, and thought of a new generation of Black American creators.
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A.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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B.
Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
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C.
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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D.
Let America Be America Again
"Let America Be America Again" is a political slogan, drawn from a Langston Hughes poem, used to evoke themes of restoring American ideals and opportunity.
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E.
Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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literary anthology ⓘ |
| aim |
to define the concept of the "New Negro"
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to showcase a new generation of Black American creators ⓘ |
| containsWorkBy |
Claude McKay
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Countee Cullen ⓘ Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ James Weldon Johnson ⓘ Jean Toomer ⓘ Jessie Fauset ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Rudolph Fisher ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ Wallace Thurman ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | landmark anthology of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| editor | Alain Locke ⓘ |
| editorialPhilosophy | cultural pluralism ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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essay collection ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ short story anthology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
drama
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essays ⓘ poems ⓘ short stories ⓘ visual art reproductions ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped define the Harlem Renaissance
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helped popularize the term "New Negro" ⓘ served as a manifesto for Black artistic and intellectual expression in the 1920s ⓘ |
| influenced |
African-American cultural nationalism
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African-American intellectual history ⓘ Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Alain Locke ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisher | Albert and Charles Boni ⓘ |
| subject |
African-American culture
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African-American identity ⓘ Black art and aesthetics ⓘ civil rights ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| theme |
art as a tool for social change
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racial pride ⓘ self-determination ⓘ urban modernity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
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