Alain Leroy Locke
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N 39° 55.240 W 075° 09.327
18S E 486715 N 4418963
Spent most of his life teaching at Howard University, in Washington, D.C.
Waymark Code: WM81DZ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2010
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Marker Text: Born here, Locke was an African-American critic and chronicler of the Harlem Renaissance. A Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and Howard University educator, he was a writer and promoter of Black art and culture.
Marker Name: Alain Leroy Locke
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 01/01/1991
Marker Type: City
Location: 2221 S 5th St., Philadelphia
Category: African American, Education, Professions & Vocations, Writers
Website: [Web Link]
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