Alain Locke and the New Negro Intellectual Network (1923–1935)

1. Locke joins Howard University faculty

   Jan 1, 1912Labels: Alain Locke, Howard University

   • NMAAHC

2. Opportunity magazine begins publication

   Jan 1, 1923Labels: Opportunity magazine, National Urban

   • Opportunity

3. Civic Club dinner consolidates a literary network

   Mar 21, 1924Labels: Civic Club, Jessie Redmon

   • New Yorker
   • The Root

4. Locke is recruited to edit Survey Graphic’s Harlem issue

   Nov 1, 1924Labels: Survey Graphic, Paul Kellogg

   • Met Museum

5. Survey Graphic publishes “Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro”

   Mar 1, 1925Labels: Survey Graphic, Harlem

   • Met Museum
   • Lehigh Scalar

6. Locke publishes “Enter the New Negro” in Survey Graphic

   Mar 1, 1925Labels: Alain Locke, Essay

   • New Negro Site
   • Met Museum

7. The New Negro anthology is published in New York

   Dec 1, 1925Labels: The New, Albert and

   • Wikisource
   • Britannica

8. Debate grows over art’s purpose and “Negro art”

   Jan 1, 1926Labels: Art debate, Negro art

   • Stanford SEP
   • NHC Essay

9. Van Vechten’s Harlem novel sparks controversy

   Oct 1, 1926Labels: Carl Van, Nigger Heaven

   • Van Vechten

10. Fire!! magazine appears as a younger-generation challenge

    Nov 1, 1926Labels: Fire magazine, younger writers

    • Britannica
    • Fire Wiki

11. Institutional outlets continue shaping careers and gatekeeping

    Dec 1, 1926Labels: The Crisis, Opportunity

    • Crisis
    • Opportunity

12. Locke shifts toward broader cultural-pluralist philosophy

    Jan 1, 1930Labels: Cultural pluralism, Alain Locke

    • Stanford SEP

13. Locke edits the Bronze Booklets for adult education

    Jan 1, 1930Labels: Bronze Booklets, adult education

    • Bronze Booklets
    • NMAAHC

14. By mid-1930s, the New Negro network becomes legacy infrastructure

    Jan 1, 1935Labels: New Negro, institutionalization

    • Britannica
    • Stanford SEP