What are the defining attributes of DCs African American elite? Do these characters reflect the `New Negro`?

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The Uprising Black Race

Racism in the United States of America still do not vanish but the condition of the black people today is much better than what their forefathers had experienced before . The peak of black expression was during the late 1800 's until few decades at the start of 1900 's . The span of the struggle was not clear for scholars but claim that the black movement efforts indeed alleviated the situation of the African-American

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According to Jacqueline Moore (Leading the Race , during 1880 to 1920 there was a small group formed by a black social elite in Washington D .C . This was the time when blacks in the southern rural areas moved to the urban north areas New York and Washington D .C . These blacks are educated , socially aware and racially aware . At first they have no intentions of creating a distinctive position in the society but the conditions of Jim Crow segregation triggered them to be a racially conscious group . The broken promises of Reconstruction (biracial cooperation and assimilation ) disillusioned these African-American elites in Washington D .C . These black elites claimed the leadership over black community to maintain their status while helping the black race gain a reputation in America

The `New Negro ' Alain Locke (1925 ) is referring to is similar to the ideals of these black elites because both are for self-expression of African-Americans to gain respect ad reputation in the...