The New Negro: A History in Documents, 1887–1937

cover image for The New Negro book, featuring artwork by Aaron Douglas

Publication information:

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Martha H. Patterson, eds. 2025. The New Negro: A History in Documents, 1887–1937. Princeton University Press.

Abstract

An authoritative anthology tracing the history of one of the most important concepts Black people drew on to challenge the brutal, totalizing system of Jim Crow racism