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a master class in how to trace the lineage of a biographical subject's ideas and predilections

a master class in how to trace the lineage of a biographical subject's ideas and predilections. The attachment and longing Locke experienced in relationships with his mother, friends and lovers exerted as much influence on his work as the texts he read and lectures he attended. This book draws Alain Locke out of the shadows and bestows his legacy to artists of all colors and genders seeking freedom from narrow-minded expectations and fear-mongering hypocrisy.

Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts

Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar in 1907, Locke was the philosophical architect -the acknowledged "Dean"- of the Harlem Renaissance.

In Alain Locke's Anthology, of one of his main reoccurring theme in his book, The New Negro, explains the "New World" and the "Old World.

From the man known as the father of the Harlem Renaissance comes a powerful, provocative, and affecting anthology of writers who shaped the Harlem Renaissance movement and who help us to consider the evolution of the African American in society. With stunning works by seminal black voices such as Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, and . DuBois, Locke has constructed a vivid look at the new negro, the changing African American finding his place in the ever shifting sociocultural landscape that was 1920s America

As Locke writes in Alain Locke's The New Negro provides a valuable look at the Harlem Renaissance, both as an artistic movement that has much in common with the broader modernist movement and as a sociopolitical movement that sees art and self-expression as a way to combat prejudice.

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It won the 2018 National Book Award for Non-fiction. This is the biography of Alain Locke (1885-1954), the father of the Harlem Renaissance. He was the mentor to many black artists.

Winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It won the 2018 National Book Award for Non-fiction.

With stunning works by seminal black voices such as Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, and . DuBois, Locke has constructed a vivid look at the new negro, the changing African American finding his place in the ever shifting sociocultural landscape that was 1920s America. With poetry, prose, and nonfiction essays, this collection is widely praised for its literary strength as well as its historical coverage of a monumental and fascinating time in the history of America.

Locke advanced to Harvard for his PhD leveraging the same notions in Concept of Value, which lead to a comprehensive rethinking of the meaning of the life of the Negro in America and his connection to Africa and world history

Locke advanced to Harvard for his PhD leveraging the same notions in Concept of Value, which lead to a comprehensive rethinking of the meaning of the life of the Negro in America and his connection to Africa and world history.