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  1. Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, and educator. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar , Locke became known as the philosophical architect—the acknowledged "Dean"—of the Harlem Renaissance . [2]

  2. Aug 9, 2023 · Alain LeRoy Locke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1885, to father Pliny Ishmael and mother Mary Hawkins Locke. A gifted student, Locke graduated from Philadelphia's ...

  3. May 14, 2018 · Arthur LeRoy Locke, as the boy was christened, spent his first year seized by the rheumatic fever that he had contracted at birth. The Lockes were Black Victorians, or, as Alain later put it ...

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  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Alain LeRoy Locke. Alain LeRoy Locke is heralded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro— an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, music and portraiture by white and black artists. Locke is best known as a theorist, critic, and interpreter of African-American literature and art.

  5. Alain Locke (born September 13, 1885, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 9, 1954, New York City) was an American educator, writer, and philosopher, best remembered as the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. Locke graduated in philosophy from Harvard University in 1907. He was the first black Rhodes scholar ...

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  6. Alain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954) was a philosopher, writer, and educator born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a family of educators and distinguished civil servants. Locke, a sickly but bright child, excelled academically throughout his schooling.

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  8. Jan 18, 2007 · Alain Leroy Locke, a leading black intellectual during the early twentieth century and an important supporter of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 13, 1886 to Pliny Ishmael Locke and Mary Hawkins Locke. His parents were middle class educated professionals. A … Read MoreAlain Locke (1886-1954)

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