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Alain L. Locke

Alain L. Locke. DOMO PHILLIPS. September , 13 1886. June , 9 1954. AN AMERICAN WRITER , PHILOSOPHER , EDUCATOR , AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS. Leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. Best known for his writings on and about the renaissance. ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

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Alain L. Locke

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  1. Alain L. Locke DOMO PHILLIPS

  2. September , 13 1886 June , 9 1954 AN AMERICAN WRITER , PHILOSOPHER , EDUCATOR , AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS Leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance Best known for his writings on and about the renaissance

  3. ACCOMPLISHMENTS GRADUATED FROM Harvard university (1907) First black rhodes scholar studied at oxford and the university of Berlin Earned a PhD from Harvard (1918) Taught at Howard university

  4. Locke promoted African American artists, writers, and musicians, encouraging them to look to Africa as an inspiration for their works . W . E . B Du Bois Carter Woodson SURVEY GRAPHIC -1925 THE NEW NEGRO -1925 His philosophy of the New Negro was grounded in the concept of race-building

  5. WORKS Editor, The New Negro: An Interpretation, A. & C. Boni, 1925. Editor with Montgomery Gregory, Plays of Negro Life: A Source-Book of Native American Drama, Harper, 1927. Editor, Four Negro Poets, Simon & Schuster, 1927. A Decade of Negro Self-Expression, 1928. The Negro in America, American Library Association, 1933. Frederick Douglass: A Biography of Anti-Slavery, 1935. The Negro and His Music, Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936. Negro Art: Past and Present, Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1936. Editor, The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art, Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1940. Editor with Bernhard J. Stern, When Peoples Meet: A Study in Race and Culture Contacts, Committee on Workshops, Progressive Education Association, 1942. Le Role du Negredans la Culture des Ameriques,Impr. de l'Etat, 1943.

  6. WOW Locke Was Gay

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