According to Locke, The New Negro, whose publication by Albert and Charles Boni in December 1925 symbolizes the culmination of the first stage of the New Negro Renaissance in literature, was put together "to document the New Negro culturally and socially - to register the transformations of the inner and outer life of the Negro in America that have so significantly taken place in the last few years."
According to Locke, The New Negro, published by Albert and Charles Boni in December 1925, signifies the culmination of the first stage of the New Negro Renaissance in literature. It was compiled to document the cultural and social changes experienced by African Americans in America over recent years.