Key Figures
Who was a multi-talented leader who worked as a teacher, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights advocate in the New Negro movement?
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
What is blues?
Which organization did Johnson and Bagnall work with to promote civil rights?
What is the NAACP?
The New Negro movement laid the groundwork for which major civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s?
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Which leader played a crucial role in the NAACP and was known for his grassroots activism against segregation?
Who is Bagnall?
This cultural flourishing of Black intellectual and artistic life occurred in New York during the 1920s and 1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
What is cultural and political identity?
Which genre of literature, characterized by themes of racial pride and resilience, was heavily influenced by the Harlem Renaissance?
What is African American literature?
Name the organization that both Johnson and Bagnall were actively involved in during the New Negro movement.
What is the NAACP?
The New Negro movement produced literature that served as what to prevailing racial stereotypes?
What are counternarratives?
The New Negro movement encouraged African Americans to advocate for themselves in response to what period of racial violence and oppression?
What is the nadir of American race relations?
The New Negro movement influenced which later artistic movement that combined activism and creative expression in the 1960s and 70s?
What is the Black Arts Movement?