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Author Stewart, Jeffrey C., 1950-
Title The new Negro : the life of Alain Locke / Jeffrey C. Stewart.
Publisher New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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 Nixa Biography  LOCKE, ALAIN    CHECK SHELF
Descript xii, 932 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject Locke, Alain, 1885-1954.
Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 -- Political and social views.
African American philosophers -- Biography.
African American intellectuals -- Biography.
African American college teachers -- Biography.
African American gay men -- Biography.
Harlem Renaissance.
African American arts -- History.
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
Genre Biographies.
Summary In The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance, based on the extant primary sources of his life and on interviews with those who knew him personally. He narrates the education of Locke, including his becoming the first African American Rhodes Scholar and earning a PhD in philosophy at Harvard University, and his long career as a professor at Howard University.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 879-914) and index.
ISBN 9780195089578
019508957X

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