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September 13 of September is Black Reading Month: Alain LeRoy Locke

Heavenly birthday wishes Alain LeRoy Locke! Born September 13, 1885, Alain LeRoy Locke was an African American writer, philosopher, and educator. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect—the acknowledged “Dean”—of the Harlem Renaissance. He died in 1954. He authored the following notable books: