The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had to be "sold" to the public in terms they cou…

- Nathan Huggins

Those who would be called tyrants cannot be called free men.

- 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 Negro', disass…

- Nathan Huggins

Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation

- 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, were woven into the fabr…

- Nathan Huggins