... expression, Blacks were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and to become "The New Negro," a term coined in 1925 by the University Professor of Philosophy Alain Leroy Locke. The Harlem Renaissance embraced all art forms, including literature, music, dance, film and theatre. Emphasizing the Speakeasy Era particularly in the field of literature and writings, new possibilities suddenly opened up for ... not fully honest. Especially his controversial novel Nigger Heaven, tending to establish black stereotypes which Whites longed to read about, aroused big discussions concerning the profu...

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