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Directions: Read each excerpt carefully, then complete Parts 1 - 3 in complete sentences using specific evidence from the text. Part 4 asks you to respond creatively by choosing one format and using it to demonstrate your understanding of both sources. Please type your answers directly into this document and submit it through the The New Negro and Harlem Renaissance Primary Source Assignment link on Canvas under Week 5.

Part I: Primary Source Analysis (18 points: 6 questions x 3 pts)

Source A: Alain Locke, “Enter the New Negro”

1. According to Alain Locke, what is the “New Negro,” and how is this person different from the “Old Negro”? Use evidence from the reading to explain your answer. ( 3 pts)

2. Locke argues that African Americans were beginning to experience a form of “spiritual emancipation.” What does he mean by this? Identify at least one change in Black attitudes or identity that Locke connects to this transformation. (3 pts)

3. Locke argues for “less charity but more justice; less help, but infinitely closer understanding.” What does this statement reveal about what the New Negro expected from American society? (3pts)

Source B: James Weldon Johnson, “Harlem: The Culture Capital”

1. According to James Weldon Johnson, what made Harlem different from other Black communities in the United States? Identify at least two characteristics Johnson uses to describe Harlem. (3 pts)

2. What role did the Great Migration and employment opportunities play in the growth of Harlem? Use specific evidence from Johnson’s account. (3 pts)

3. Johnson calls Harlem “a large-scale laboratory experiment in the race problem.” What does he mean by this description? What does Harlem demonstrate, in Johnson’s view, about Black communities and race relations? (3 pts)

Part III: Comparing the Sources (6 points total)

1. Both Locke and Johnson describe Black communities creating new forms of independence, identity, and cultural expression. What do you think was most significant about this transformation, and why? (6 pts)

Part IV: Creative Extension (16 points total)

Imagine you have been invited to contribute to the very same 1925 issue of Survey Graphic that published Locke's and Johnson's pieces. Choose ONE of the three options below. Whichever you choose, your piece must directly engage with ideas from BOTH Source A and Source B — paraphrase or reference at least two specific, accurate details from the texts (you may quote briefly, but most of your engagement should be in your own words).

Option A: Magazine Feature:

Write a headline for your own Survey Graphic article, then a 250 - 300-word feature on an aspect of the New Negro movement not directly covered in the excerpts (for example: music, visual art, education, women's roles, or the Great Migration). Then, in 2–3 sentences, describe the photograph or illustration you would choose to accompany your article and explain why.

Option B: Dear Diary:

Write a 250 - 300-word diary entry from the perspective of a Harlem resident in 1925 who has just read both Locke's and Johnson's pieces in Survey Graphic. React to at least one specific idea from each author, and explain how their words change (or don't change) how this person sees their own life in Harlem.

Option C: Letter to the Editor & Reply

Write a 150 - 200-word letter to the editor of Survey Graphic from a skeptical reader — someone who doubts the movement's optimism. This could be a white reader unsettled by Locke's or Johnson's claims, or a Black reader who disagrees with one author's approach. Then write a 100-150-word reply, in the voice of Locke or Johnson, defending the original argument using evidence from their own essay.

Creative Rubric:

· Historical understanding and use of both sources - 8 pts

· Accuracy and specific evidence - 4 pts

· Creativity/engagement with the chosen format - 2 pts

· Clarity and completion - 2 pts