Alain Locke

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Harlem Renaissance figure educator essayist human literary critic philosopher writer

Alain Locke was an American philosopher, writer, and educator often called the “Dean” of the Harlem Renaissance for his influential role in promoting African American art and literature.

Aliases (2)

Alain Leroy Locke ×1
Dean of the Harlem Renaissance ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harlem Renaissance figure → educator → essayist → human → literary critic → philosopher → writer →
academicDegree	PhD in philosophy →
almaMater	Harvard University → University of Oxford →
birthDate	1885-09-13 →
birthPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1954-06-09 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Humboldt University of Berlin → University of Oxford →
employer	Howard University →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Locke →
fieldOfWork	African American studies → aesthetics → literary criticism → philosophy →
fullName	Alain Leroy Locke →
genre	essay → literary criticism →
givenName	Alain →
influenced	African American arts and letters → Countee Cullen → Langston Hughes → Zora Neale Hurston →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Phi Beta Kappa →
movement	Harlem Renaissance →
nickname	Dean of the Harlem Renaissance →
notableIdea	New Negro movement → cultural pluralism →
notableWork	Four Negro Poets → Negro Art: Past and Present → The New Negro →
occupation	anthologist → educator → literary critic → philosopher → writer →
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy at Howard University →
religion	Baháʼí Faith →
sexualOrientation	gay →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The New Negro (anthology) →	editor
Alain Locke ("Alain Leroy Locke") →	fullName
Alain Locke ("Dean of the Harlem Renaissance") →	nickname
Harlem Renaissance →	notablePerson
The New Negro (anthology) →	notableWorkOf