Portraits of the New Negro WomanOf all the images to arise from the Harlem Renaissance, the most thought provoking were those of the mulatta. For some writers, artists, and filmmakers, these images provided an alternative to the stereotypes of black womanhood and a challenge to the color line. For others, they represented key aspects of modernity and race coding central to the New Negro Movement. Due to the mulattas frequent ability to pass for white, she represented a variety of