Alain LeRoy Locke

(1886-1954)

American philosopher and writer

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Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. 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 frequently included in listings of influential African Americans. On March 19, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed: "We're going to let our children know that the only philosophers that lived were not Plato and Aristotle, but W. E. B. Du Bois and Alain Locke came through the universe."

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Born	Alain LeRoy Locke 13 September 1886 Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	9 June 1954 (aged 67) New York City, New York
Zodiac	Virgo
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