Alain Locke and "The New Negro"

By ruppert.alexandra
  • Beginning of Great Migration

    Beginning of Great Migration

    The Great Migration brought nearly 2 million African Americans from the south to the north within 40 years.

  • Locke Recieves Rhodes Scholar

    Locke became the first African-American Rhodes Scholar.
  • NAACP Founded

    NAACP Founded

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

  • Graduated Harvard

    Alain Locke graduates Harvard with a doctorate in Philosophy.
  • End of World War I

    End of World War I

  • The Red Summer

    rising racial tension which resulted in the riots that affected several major cities.

  • Civic Club Dinner

    Civic Club Dinner, sponsored by Opportunity, on March 21st to bring black writers and white publishers together
  • The New Negro

    The New Negro

    Alain Locke edited The New Negro. This anthology included many of his own essays.