If you are interested in the intellectual grounding of the Harlem Renaissance - and really how is it possible not to be? - then here is a good review of Alain Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher by Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth. Locke’s most famous essay, “The New Negro”, written in 1925 can be read here. Oh for the days when there was faith in the rise of the New Man, may they return minus the terrible killing fields that are a part - and only a part - of this noble, utopian seeking.
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If you are interested in the intellectual grounding of the Harlem Renaissance - and really how is it possible not to be? - then here is a good review of Alain Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher by Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth. Locke’s most famous essay, “The New Negro”, written in 1925 can [...]