A closet Negro comes out

An elderly black journalist who philosophically adopted the self-description 'Negro' in the 1920s laments the generational changes to labels like 'Black' and 'African American.' He blames such superficial label changes on his people's ongoing search for identity in...

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Published in:The Progressive (Madison) 1995-01, Vol.59 (1), p.33
Main Author: Brown, Lloyd L
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Black identity
Black people
Blacks
Brown, Lloyd L
Ethnological names
Identity
Names, Ethnological
Prejudice
Race identity
Racism
Social aspects
Social conditions & trends
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Summary:An elderly black journalist who philosophically adopted the self-description 'Negro' in the 1920s laments the generational changes to labels like 'Black' and 'African American.' He blames such superficial label changes on his people's ongoing search for identity in a racist nation.
ISSN:0033-0736
2162-8785