The New Negro by Alain Locke Quiz

Study Notes

Acknowledgments in The New Negro

The text is an acknowledgment by the Editor and Publishers for the use of copyright material in the preparation of a volume on the New Negro.
The material includes works from various authors and publishers, such as Rudolph Fisher, Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, James W. Johnson, and others.
The volume aims to document the New Negro culturally and socially, reflecting the transformations of the inner and outer life of the Negro in America in recent years.
It emphasizes the importance of understanding the true social portraiture of the Negro through their artistic self-expression.
The text critiques the existing literature on the Negro, stating that most of it is about the Negro rather than of him, and focuses on the Negro problem rather than the Negro himself.
It highlights the importance of self-expression and the forces and motives of self-determination in understanding the New Negro.
The text suggests that the New Negro must be seen in the perspective of a New World and a New America, emphasizing the integral pattern of the Negro culture with the times and its cultural setting.
It mentions the development of a cultural adolescence and approach to maturity in the Negro life, making it an interesting and significant segment of the general American scene.
The text discusses the development of a literary movement in "race literature" and "race journalism" and its integration into general journalistic, literary, and artistic agencies.
It acknowledges the creative talents of the race being taken up into the general journalistic, literary, and artistic agencies, as evidenced by the wide range of acknowledgments of the material collected.
The acknowledgment emphasizes the significance of the material used in the volume in reflecting the cultural and social transformations of the New Negro.