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232049939The New NegroUrban, Northern, finding a voice, growing sense of shared experience or solidarity, independent, self respecting, no longer a mammy or auntie,, A term coined by Alain Locke in essay with same title, it refers to a new sense of identity for blacks. Embodied ideals of Harlem Renaissance, new reality of urban, unified, pushing limits, resisting Jim Crow. , the advancement of the perspective of the african american a term coined in 1925.
232049940Jazz AgeName for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz-a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime
232049941Langston HughesAfrican American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance.
232049942Zora Neale HurstonBlack writer who wanted to save African American folklore. She traveled all across the South collecting folk tales, songs & prayers of Black southerners. Her book was called Mules and Men.
232049943James Weldon johnsonNAACP leader and Harlem Renaissance writer; he wrote poetry and, with his brother, the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
232049944The Crisisthe NAACP published the magazine and promoted an identity for African Americans, and spoke on injustice
232049945The Brownies Bookstories and poems by people such as Langston Hughes, who was a teenage contributor, and other writers and visual artists who addressed the intellects and spirits of African-American children and young adults
232049946alain LockeClaimed the "New Negro" needed black artists to help African Americans throw off subjugation and discover the race's true identity
232049947Paul RobesonAfrican American actor and singer who promoted African American rights and left-wing causes
232049948William Grant StillAfrican-American; first to have work performed by major orchestra; incorporates blues, spirituals, jazz; Afro-American Symphony
232049949Bessie SmithAfrican American blues singer who played and important role in the Harlem Reniassance.
232049950NegritudeAn ideological position that holds African American culture to be independent and valid on its own terms.

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