Alain Locke (1886-1954)
"The New Negro" (1925)
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• What is Locke's thesis?  How does it compare with Hughes's?

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• What is a norn?

161:

• Explain:  "The negro has been more of a formula than a human being" (161).
• Explain:  "By shedding the old chrysalis of the Negro problem we are achieving something like a spiritual  emancipation" (161).

163:

• Is the "vision of opportunity, of social and economic freedom" (163) real?  Explain.

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• Explain:  "The intelligent Negro of to-day . . . is trying to hold himself at par, neither inflated by sentimental allowances nor depreciated by current social discounts" (165).

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• What characteristics does Locke associate with the "new mentality for the American Negro" (167)?
• Is such a things as a "group psychology" actually possible?  Explain.