Négritude, a concept developed in the 1930s by a group that included the future Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor and the French poet Aimé Césaire, is the belief that one should identify one's blackness without reference to one's homeland, native language, religion or spatial/geographical location. Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Disney adopts a three-color Technicolor process for cartoons First Kit Kat in UK The photocopier is invented by Carlson Air mail service across the Atlantic Science... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Léopold Sédar Senghor ( October 9, 1906– December 20, 2001) was an Seneglese poet and politician who served as the first president of Senegal ( 1960– 1980). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Aimé Fernand David Césaire (born June 20, 1913, in Martinique) is a French poet and politician. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ...

It was designed to help all those with black heritage to celebrate their blackness without confining this celebration to a single nation, geographical location or cultural group. Definitions of this concept have varied as have those who have embraced it. American Langston Hughes was one of the first Americans to adhere to the concept of négritude, and in his poetry and short stories, the feeling of blackness is everpresent. He argued that those people who did not want to be black, who were ashamed of their heritage, were no better than racists. A celebration is a joyous observation on the occasion of either something joyful that is happening or has just happened: a birth, etc. ... The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). ... Langston Hughes, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an African American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. ... An African-American drinks out of a water cooler designated for use by colored patrons in 1939 at a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City. ...

The term négritude was first used in 1935 by Aimé Césaire in the 3rd issue of the magazine L'Étudiant noir. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...