Alain Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the phi...view moreAlain Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect —the acknowledged “Dean”—of the Harlem Renaissance.view less