Alain LeRoy Locke
American writer and philosopher
Alain LeRoy Locke 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. He is... Wikipedia
Born: September 13, 1885, Philadelphia, PA
Died: June 9, 1954 (age 68 years), The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Parents: Pliny Ishmael Locke and Mary Hawkins Locke
Education: Hertford College (1907–1910), Harvard University, University of Oxford, and more
Resting place: Congressional Cemetery
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