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What did the "New Negro" symbolize? How?

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The "New Negro" symbolized a renewed sense of racial pride, self-respect, and political and cultural assertiveness among African Americans in the early 20th century. It stood for rejection of old stereotypes and accommodationism and for a modern, urban identity that demanded civil rights and equal treatment. This ideal was promoted through literature, art, music, and journalism (for example Alain Locke’s anthology The New Negro, the work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and publications like The Crisis), through organized political activism (NAACP, Marcus Garvey’s movement), and through visible changes in dress, manners, and public behavior that conveyed dignity and self-determination.