Alain LeRoy Locke

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:Central_High_School_(Philadelphia)
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Rhodes_Scholarship
gptkbp:birthDate 1885-09-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Capitol_Hill,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:deathDate 1954-06-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_New_Negro:_An_Interpretation
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:Central_High_School_(Philadelphia)
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Howard_University
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:African-American
gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy
education
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alain LeRoy Locke
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Countee_Cullen
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:Josiah_Royce
gptkb:Plato
gptkb:William_James
gptkbp:knownFor leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance
promoting African-American artists and writers
gptkbp:legacy Alain Locke Society established to promote his work
Locke Hall at Howard University named in his honor
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Association
gptkb:Phi_Beta_Kappa
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_New_Negro
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educator
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:writer
literary criticism
gptkbp:positionHeld Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baháʼí_Faith
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:sexualOrientation gay
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies and scholarly works
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