The New Negro (anthology)

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book literary anthology

The New Negro is a landmark 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke that helped define and propel the Harlem Renaissance by showcasing the literature, art, and thought of a new generation of Black American creators.

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Label	Occurrences
The New Negro	3
Anthology "The New Negro" edited by Alain Locke	1
Illustrations for The New Negro	1
New Negro ideology	1
New Negro movement	1
New Negro movement ideology	1
The New Negro (anthology) canonical	1

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Target entity: The New Negro (anthology)
Context triple: [Harlem Renaissance, notableWork, The New Negro (anthology)]

A. Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
B. Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
C. Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
D. Let America Be America Again
"Let America Be America Again" is a political slogan, drawn from a Langston Hughes poem, used to evoke themes of restoring American ideals and opportunity.
E. Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The New Negro (anthology)
Target entity description: The New Negro is a landmark 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke that helped define and propel the Harlem Renaissance by showcasing the literature, art, and thought of a new generation of Black American creators.

A. Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
B. Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
C. Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
D. Let America Be America Again
"Let America Be America Again" is a political slogan, drawn from a Langston Hughes poem, used to evoke themes of restoring American ideals and opportunity.
E. Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ literary anthology ⓘ
aim	to define the concept of the "New Negro" ⓘ to showcase a new generation of Black American creators ⓘ
containsWorkBy	Claude McKay ⓘ Countee Cullen ⓘ Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ James Weldon Johnson ⓘ Jean Toomer ⓘ Jessie Fauset ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Rudolph Fisher ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ Wallace Thurman ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	landmark anthology of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
editor	Alain Locke ⓘ
editorialPhilosophy	cultural pluralism ⓘ
genre	African-American literature ⓘ essay collection ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ short story anthology ⓘ
hasPart	drama ⓘ essays ⓘ poems ⓘ short stories ⓘ visual art reproductions ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped define the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ helped popularize the term "New Negro" ⓘ served as a manifesto for Black artistic and intellectual expression in the 1920s ⓘ
influenced	African-American cultural nationalism ⓘ African-American intellectual history ⓘ Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Alain Locke ⓘ
publicationYear	1925 ⓘ
publisher	Albert and Charles Boni ⓘ
subject	African-American culture ⓘ African-American identity ⓘ Black art and aesthetics ⓘ civil rights ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ
theme	art as a tool for social change ⓘ racial pride ⓘ self-determination ⓘ urban modernity ⓘ
timePeriod	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ