In
1925 Alain Locke wrote The New Negro, in which he explained that there
was a renaissance going on, and black society was evolving,
and thus the black man was being reborn. The old Negro one taken from their home with
forceful exploitation of the old Negro from the oppressive white based society.
And the New Negro evolved into a completely different
specimen. To Locke, the New Negro had been forming since the migration, which
changed the way blacks viewed themselves and their future as Americans. The New
Negro was built-up, working man, free from his past of confined imprisonment,
and he was more forceful and self-assured, but, most importantly, proud.
The New Negro lived in the north, where he was at liberty to do what he
need to do.