Alain LeRoy Locke
Alain LeRoy Locke | |
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| Born | Arthur Leroy Locke September 13, 1885 |
| Died | June 9, 1954 (aged 68) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
| Occupation | Writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts |
| Language | English |
| Education | Harvard University Hertford College, Oxford University of Berlin |
| Official name | Alain Leroy Locke (1886–1954) |
| Type | City |
| Criteria | African American, Education, Professions & Vocations, Writers |
| Designated | 1991 |
| Location | 2221 S 5th St., Philadelphia 39°55′14″N 75°09′20″W / 39.92065°N 75.15545°W |
Alain LeRoy Locke (/əˈleɪn/; September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) 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 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."