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  1. Alain LeRoy Locke, c.1907. He was born Arthur Leroy Locke in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1885,[4]to parents Pliny Ishmael Locke (1850–1892) and Mary (née Hawkins) Locke (1853–1922), both of whom were descended from prominent families of free blacks. Called "Roy" as a boy, he was their only child.

  2. Aug 9, 2023 · Alain LeRoy Locke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1885, to father Pliny Ishmael and mother Mary Hawkins Locke. ... Locke died on June 9, 1954, in New York City, after ...

  3. Sep 9, 2024 · Ask the Chatbot a Question. Alain Locke (born September 13, 1885, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 9, 1954, New York City) was an American educator, writer, and philosopher, best remembered as the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. Locke graduated in philosophy from Harvard University in 1907.

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  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Alain LeRoy Locke. Alain LeRoy Locke is heralded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro— an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, music and portraiture by white and black artists. Locke is best known as a theorist, critic, and interpreter of African-American literature and art.

  5. May 11, 2018 · A powerful editor, scholar, and teacher, Alain LeRoy Locke is best known for his crucial role in inaugurating the New Negro Movement, or Harlem Renaissance, of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925, Paul Kellogg, editor of Survey Graphic magazine, asked Locke to serve as editor for a special issue on race and black New York.

  6. Alain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954) was a philosopher, writer, and educator. ... Locke died from complications of heart disease on June 9, 1954, at age 69.

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  8. May 14, 2018 · Mary Locke died in 1922, leaving Alain crushed and adrift. But her death also released him, psychically, from the vanished world of the fin-de-siècle black élite, with its asphyxiating diktats.