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> [For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/for-the-afro-american-in-the-1920-s-being-a-new-negro-was-being/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

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## Other authors on Afros

## More by Nathan Huggins

> [Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/death-mattered-not-it-was-a-mere-puncutation/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

> [Those who would be called tyrants cannot be called free men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/those-who-would-be-called-tyrants-cannot-be-called-free-men/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

> [Who one was, where one came from, what one was expected to be, the height of courage and character that were to be achieved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/who-one-was-where-one-came-from-what-one-was-expected-to-be-the/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

> [The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/the-vogue-of-the-new-negro-had-all-of-the-character-of-a-public/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

> [For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/for-the-afro-american-in-the-1920-s-being-a-new-negro-was-being/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

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