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It restores the complexity of a thinker who transformed Black cultural life.
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The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
Jeffrey C. Stewart2018 selection · Nonfiction
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
A biography of philosopher and cultural organizer Alain Locke, a central architect of the Harlem Renaissance.
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