W4: The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance

Guiding Question 1: How did black American resistance change with their migration to the North?

With access to the vote, social institutions, and safety in numbers African Americans began to engage in mass protests and electoral campaigns

Guiding Question 2: What socio-historical events contributed the idea of “New Negroes?”

The urbanization of African Americans, the emergence of the U.S. as a global power, and their participation in the Great War all contributed to the development of the “New Negroes”

Guiding Questions 3: What were the success and limits of the Harlem Renaissance?

Harlem Renaissance provided and artistic outlet which created a space for art by, for, and about black people. Concerns about financing, authenticity, and the Great Depression limited its success

“The New Negro” (1925)