Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
An African American intellectual and critic who redefined the New Negro trope in terms of an aesthetic movement and encouraged Black artists to create a distinctive Black aesthetic through inner mastery of mood and spirit.
AP course connection
Topic 3.11: 3.11 The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance