Date of Award
2014
Type
Thesis
Major
Master of Art in History
Degree Type
Master of Art in History
Department
History and Geography
Abstract
This study examines how Booker T. Washington used music to project a New Negro image to the American public while also instilling the qualities of this New Negro into his students. Washington hoped to uplift the African American race by challenging racial caricatures prominent in American society. Washington's New Negro was patterned after Washington's own personality and was a respectable, Christian, southern African-American. This study also shows that the New Negro was a racial uplift strategy being used well before WWI, and that there were multiple New Negro movements throughout the United States and throughout US history.
Recommended Citation
Allen, Douglas L., "We Are A New Race:' Booker T. Washington's Use Of African American Spirituals In The Creation Of A New Negro Image" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 179.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/179
