Jeffrey Stewart was a graduate student when he first encountered Alain Locke. College students discover and forget historical figures every day, but something about Locke intrigued Stewart, today a ...

Isaac Julien has a history of working with the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. So it makes sense that his latest commission, for Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation, circled back on writer, philosopher ...

AAPG copy Purchased from the Arts Libraries Endowment. Section I. The Education of Alain Locke -- 1. A Death and a Birth -- 2. A Black Victorian Childhood -- 3. Child God and Black Aesthete -- 4. An ...

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Alain Locke is remembered as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance largely for assembling “The New Negro,” a 1925 anthology that immortalized a small group of young writers—Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, ...

This article includes links that may result in a small affiliate share for purchased products, which helps support independent LGBTQ+ media. Langston Hughes, Odessa Madre, and Alain Locke. Photos: ...

Detroit artist Rashaun Rucker will receive the Alain Locke Recognition Award at the Detroit Institute of Arts on February 16th. “The joy is in the work,” said Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker. On ...