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Alain L. Locke (Paperback)
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Alain L. Locke (Paperback)
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Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The""New
Negro," declared that "the pulse of the Negro world has begun to
beat in Harlem." Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance,
Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting,
influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes,
Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, William Grant
Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and
John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this
extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, "Alain L. Locke
"narrates the untold story of his profound impact on
twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Leonard
Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke's
Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard--where
William James helped spark his influential engagement with
pragmatism--and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes
Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke's heady
years in 1920s New York City and his forty-year career at Howard
University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement
of the 1930s and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of
value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that
throughout this illustrious career--despite a formal manner that
many observers interpreted as elitist or distant--Locke remained a
warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion
of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between
communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this
engaging account effectively reclaims Locke's rightful place in the
pantheon of America's most important minds.
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