The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 by W. ... The movement symbolized the militant ethnic pride of the New Negro, the fervent belief in the beauty and nobility of an African homeland, and the deep cultural cleft between Black and White America. ... This meant he felt that Negro people would have to develop self-sufficiency and no longer rely on seemingly altruistic efforts of other people. ... The book showed both sides of Harlem, helping create a "Negro vogue- that drew thousands of New Yorkers, black and white, to Harlem's exotic a...

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