Alain Leroy Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect —the acknowledged "Dean"— of the Harlem Renaissance. Wikipedia
Born: September 13, 1885, Philadelphia, PA
Died: June 9, 1954, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Place of burial: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Education: Hertford College, Harvard University, Humboldt University of Berlin, More
Parents: Pliny Ishmael Locke, Mary Hawkins Locke