Alain Locke, the father of the Harlem Renaissance, died in 1954

June 9

On June 9, 1954, Alain Locke died.

Alain Locke is known as the father of the Harlem Renaissance. He was also the first African American Rhodes Scholar.

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Sources

A&E Networks Television. (n.d.). Biography.com. https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/alain-leroy-locke

Alain Locke. National Museum of African American History and Culture. (2020, May 31). https://nmaahc.si.edu/alain-locke