The New Negro of the South - A Portrait of Movements and Leadership

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Scholarly exposition defining the “New Negro” through historical perspective, with emphasis on the Civil Rights movement. The work addresses whether and how the New Negro of the South differs from other regions, and whether such a figure exists beyond the South. It evaluates the role of Black leadership over time, recalling protest press accounts such as a Louisville ride-in campaign and a Detroit NAACP conference march advocating equal jobs and equal wages.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages72

Reading Time1 h 51 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

PART ONE

Who Is the New Negro?

Incidents of Protest

PART TWO

New Leadership

PART THREE

Civil Rights: A Continuous Movement

Trends and Regional Shifts

The Hampton-Tuskegee Phase

Oppositional Phases

The Garveyistic Phase

Interracial Phases

Adjunct Movements

Bibliography

# A Portrait of Movements and Leadership by WILMOTH A.CARTER Director,Division of Social Science,Shaw University # The New Negroof the South ## A Portrait of Movements and Leadership by WILMOTH A.CARTER MUCH is written today about the emer-gence of a new type of American Negro,usually referred to simply as the NewNegro.But what is the New Negro?Hownew is he?Is the New Negro of the Southdifferent from the New Negro of otherregions?Does he exist outside the confinesof the South?Does he exist at all? This discerning and scholarly bookanswers these questions by placing theconcept of the New Negro in historicalperspective,especially as it pertains to theCivil Rights movement.At the same time,Wilmoth Carter assesses the role of Negroleadership in the past and today. The book recalls press accounts of a“ride-in”campaign in Louisville,Kentucky,which ended only when mixed seating waspermitted on streetcars;and of an NAACPconference in Detroit during which 4,000men and women silently marched,carryingbanners protesting race prejudice and call-ing for such matters as equal job oppor-tunities and equal wages. Actions of the New Negro?No.TheLouisville“incident”took place in 1871,and the Detroit demonstration in 1921.Dr.Carter makes it clear that the New Negrohas always been with us.Such strategies (continued on back fap) DURHM CITW-COUNTY LEKAH DURIAM.HORTH CAROLINA DISCARDED BYDURHAM COUNTYLIBRARY # THE NEW NEGRO OF THE SOUTH By Dr.Carter ## The Urban Negro in the South The New Negro of the South # The New Negroof the South ## A Portrait of Movements and Leadership byWilmoth A.Carter Director,Division of Social ScienceShaw University An Exposition-University Book New York ( M.NOBTH CAROLTN .45 216512 EXPOSITION PRESS INC.386 Park Avenue SouthNew York,N.Y.10016 FIR ST EDIT IO N ◎1967 by Wilmoth A.Carter.All rights reserved,includingthe right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form exceptfor short quotations in critical essays and reviews. Manufactured in the United States of AmericaLibrary of Congress Catalog Card No.67-24259EP 45756 Contents PART ONE Who Is the New Negro?9Incidents of Protest10 PART TWO New Leadership26 PART THREE Civil Rights:A Continuous Movement Trends and Regional Shifts The Hampton-Tuskegee Phase Oppositional Phases The Garveyistic Phase Interracial Phases Adjunct Movements Bibliography 3 3 39 41444857 Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/newnegroofsouth0000unse

FAQs

What questions does the book ask about the New Negro?

It asks what the “New Negro” is, how new he is, and whether the New Negro of the South differs from New Negroes in other regions or exists outside the South.

How does Carter explain the New Negro’s presence over time?

Carter argues the New Negro has always been with us, linking later civil-rights-era developments to earlier incidents such as those in Louisville (1871) and Detroit (1921).

What kinds of actions and goals are highlighted in the book?

The text recalls protest actions and marches, including campaigns seeking mixed seating and conference demands such as equal job opportunities and equal wages.

Oct 13, 2026

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