Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher

by L. Harris, Charles Molesworth, Leonard Jerome Harris

Book Overview

Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology TheNew 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 Barth , William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226317765
• ISBN13: 9780226317762
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"