Nathan Huggins Quotes

• 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', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant.

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  Legacy, Slavery, Afros

  Nathan Irvin Huggins (1995). “Revelations: American History, American Myths”, Oxford University Press, USA

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

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  Men, Tyrants, Would Be

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• 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 could understand.

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  Character, Promotion, Public Relations

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• 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 fabric that linked oneself to all. . .

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  Character, Height, Woven

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• Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation

  Nathan Huggins

  Mere

  Nathan Irvin Huggins (2011). “Black Odyssey”, p.13, Vintage

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