Authentic BlacknessWhat constitutes blackness in American culture? And who gets to define whether or not someone is truly African American? Is a struggling hip hop artist more authentic than a conservative Supreme Court justice? In Authentic Blackness J. Martin Favor looks to the New Negro Movementalso known as the Harlem Renaissanceto explore early challenges to the idea that race is a static category. Authentic Blackness looks at the place of the folkthose African