American Negro Academy

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African American cultural organization learned society scholarly organization

The American Negro Academy was a pioneering scholarly and cultural organization founded in 1897 to promote African American intellectual achievement, literature, and civil rights.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American Negro Academy canonical	3
Negro Academy (concept of Black intellectual society)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American cultural organization ⓘ learned society ⓘ scholarly organization ⓘ
activity	promoting higher education for African Americans ⓘ publication of scholarly monographs ⓘ sponsoring lectures ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1928 ⓘ
era	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era
ethnicGroupFocus	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
fieldOfWork	African American studies ⓘ civil rights ⓘ history ⓘ literature ⓘ
focus	challenging stereotypes about African Americans ⓘ combatting racism through scholarship ⓘ encouraging Black authors and scholars ⓘ
founded	1897 ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander Crummell ⓘ
hasPublicationType	essays ⓘ historical studies ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first major African American learned society in the United States ⓘ
inception	1897 ⓘ
inspired	later African American scholarly organizations ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
membershipComposition	African American male intellectuals ⓘ
membershipPolicy	invitation-only membership ⓘ
motto	Lifting as we climb ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: African American civil rights movement
namedAfter	American Negro Academy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Negro Academy (concept of Black intellectual society)
notableMember	Alain Locke ⓘ Archibald Grimké ⓘ surface form: Archibald H. Grimké Francis James Grimké ⓘ surface form: Francis J. Grimké James Weldon Johnson ⓘ John Wesley Cromwell ⓘ Kelly Miller ⓘ Paul Laurence Dunbar ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
president	Alexander Crummell ⓘ Archibald Grimké ⓘ surface form: Archibald H. Grimké Francis James Grimké ⓘ surface form: Francis J. Grimké W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
purpose	advocacy for civil rights ⓘ promotion of African American intellectual achievement ⓘ promotion of African American literature ⓘ

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Archibald Grimké → memberOf → American Negro Academy ⓘ

American Negro Academy → namedAfter → American Negro Academy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Negro Academy (concept of Black intellectual society)

President of the American Negro Academy → partOf → American Negro Academy ⓘ

President of the American Negro Academy → positionHeldInOrganization → American Negro Academy ⓘ