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New Negro

New Negro noun: an assertive African-American pursuing political and social equality, especially during the Harlem Renaissance.

Noun

New Negro (plural New Negroes or New Negros)

  1. An assertive African-American pursuing political and social equality, especially during the Harlem Renaissance.
    • The self-assertiveness and pride of the “New Negro” was a consequence of this new self-concept.1995, Nathan Irvin Huggins, Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10

Forms of New Negro

pluralNew Negroes
pluralNew Negros

Origin of New Negro

Popularized by Alain LeRoy Locke in his anthology The New Negro (1925).

Questions about New Negro

What does New Negro mean?
New Negro means an assertive African-American pursuing political and social equality, especially during the Harlem Renaissance.
What part of speech is New Negro?
New Negro is a noun.
What is the plural of New Negro?
The plural of New Negro is New Negroes.

Words near New Negro in the dictionary

  1. new names
  2. new naming
  3. new nation project
  4. new nation projects
  5. New National Party
  6. New Negro
  7. New Negro Movement
  8. New Negroes
  9. New Negros
  10. New Netherland
  11. New Nordic

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