Alain_Locke_And_The_New_Negro

Alain Locke And The New Negro Alain Locke had a vision of the young, reincarnated, Negro having his own point of view and not being influenced by America. This New Negro would be intelligent and overcome all hardships of the past. Langston Hughes saw this imaginary Negro that Locke had described in both a good and bad light. He viewed the realistic aspects of this modern Negro. In Hughes’ When The Negro Was In Vogue, he divulged both the ups and downs of this New Negro described by Locke. In the first paragraph of The New Negro, Locke states that, “ He simply cannot be swathed in their formulae. For the younger generation is vibrant with a new psychology; the new spirit is awake in the masses, and under the very eyes of the professional observers is transforming what has been a perennial problem into the progressive phases of contemporary Negro life.” (Study Guide p.87) His narration of this new being portrays someone who he believes will rid African Americans of the problems that have been a constant in their lives. He believes that this New Negro can somehow use these hardships to aid in the progressive change of the Old Negro. Locke believed that negro, new, locke, harlem, african, hughes, been, americans, social, own, whites, white, vogue, thought, shuffle, began, along, vision, though, rise, race, night, never, negroes, man, made, life, just, even, cotton, come, club, both, being, amusing