Summary, “The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke” by Jeffrey C. Stewart in 5 Minutes - Book Review

The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke (2018) is a biography by American author and historian Jeffrey C. Stewart. Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, The New Negro tells the story of Alain Locke, an African-American writer and philosopher who is frequently credited as the chief architect of the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual movement of black artists and thinkers that lasted from around 1918 until the 1930s. The book takes its title from a 1925 anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays edited by Locke.