Alain Locke Father of the Harlem Renaissance
b. Sept. 13, 1885
d. June 9, 1954
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October 21: Alain Locke, Father of The Harlem Renaissance Photo © Van Vechten Trust“Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.”Sept. 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954 Alain Locke was […]