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Online-Ressource (449 p.)
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9780226317762
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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 Barthé, 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 pro
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Lockes of Philadelphia; 2 Harvard; 3 Oxford and Berlin; 4 Howard: The Early Years; 5 Howard and Beyond; 6 The Renaissance and the New Negro; 7 After The New Negro; 8 New Horizons: Sahdji to the Bronze Booklets; 9 The Educator at Work and at Large; 10 Theorizing Democracy; 11 The Final Years; 12 Locke's Legacy; Notes; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226317809
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226317762
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Alain L. Locke : The Biography of a Philosopher
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English
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