(LITERATURE) Very early press photograph of Alain Locke

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(LITERATURE.) Very early press photograph of Alain Locke. Photograph, 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; unevenly trimmed, minor staining and wear; contemporary manuscript caption and related newspaper clipping on verso. Philadelphia: P-J Press Bureau, 1907

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Shows Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954) as a Harvard senior, when he was named the nation's first Black Rhodes Scholar. He went on to become a leading literary figure of the Harlem Renaissance, as well as an important art critic and philosopher.