ISBN: 189068838X

[SR: 1350899], Paperback, [EAN: 9781890688387], Kalimat Press, Kalimat Press, Book, [PU: Kalimat Press], Kalimat Press, History remembers Alain Locke (1885-1954) as the first African Amer… Mehr…

[SR: 1350899], Paperback, [EAN: 9781890688387], Kalimat Press, Kalimat Press, Book, [PU: Kalimat Press], Kalimat Press, History remembers Alain Locke (1885-1954) as the first African American Rhodes Scholar (1907) and, more famously, as the "Dean" of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934). Locke edited The New Negro: An Interpretation (1925), acclaimed as the "first national book" of African Americans.In this way, Locke's role is analogous to that of Martin Luther King: whereas King championed the civil rights of African Americans through nonviolent civil disobedience, Locke did so through a process known as "civil rights by copyright." In the Jim Crow era, when blacks had no effective political recourse, Locke used the arts as a strategy to win the respect of the white majority and to call to their attention the need to fully democratize democracy and Americanize America by extending full equality to all minorities.Recent scholarship has brought Locke back to life, and his philosophy of democracy, in particular, lends him renewed importance.Harvard, Harlem, Haifa -- place names that represent Locke's special involvement in philosophy, art, and religion -- are keys to understanding his life and thought. Harvard prepared Locke for distinction as the first black Rhodes Scholar in 1907 and, in 1918, awarded Locke his PhD in philosophy, thus securing his position as chair of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University from 1927 until his retirement in 1953. Harlem was the mecca of the Harlem Renaissance, whereby Locke, as spokesman for his race, revitalized racial solidarity and fostered the group consciousness among African Americans that proved a necessary precondition of the Civil Rights movement.Haifa is the world center of the Bahá'í Faith, the religion to which Locke converted in 1918, the same year he received his doctorate from Harvard. Until recently, this has been the least understood aspect of Locke's life.During the Jim Crow era, at a time when black people saw little possibility of interracial harmony, this new religious movement offered hope through its "race amity" efforts, which Locke was instrumental in organizing. These three spheres of activity -- the academy, the art world, and spiritual society -- converge to create a composite picture of Locke as an integrationist whose model was not assimilation, but rather "unity through diversity" (the title of one of his Bahá'í World essays). , 2366, African-American & Black, 2365, Ethnic & National, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 2425, Philosophers, 2419, Professionals & Academics, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 468220, Business & Finance, 468226, Communication & Journalism, 468204, Computer Science, 468224, Education, 468212, Engineering, 468206, Humanities, 468222, Law, 468228, Medicine & Health Sciences, 684283011, Reference, 468216, Science & Mathematics, 468214, Social Sciences, 684300011, Test Prep & Study Guides, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 189068838X

History remembers Alain Locke (1885-1954) as the first African American Rhodes Scholar (1907) and, more famously, as the "Dean" of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934). Locke edited The New… Mehr…

History remembers Alain Locke (1885-1954) as the first African American Rhodes Scholar (1907) and, more famously, as the "Dean" of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934). Locke edited The New Negro: An Interpretation (1925), acclaimed as the "first national book" of African Americans.In this way, Locke's role is analogous to that of Martin Luther King: whereas King championed the civil rights of African Americans through nonviolent civil disobedience, Locke did so through a process known as "civil rights by copyright." In the Jim Crow era, when blacks had no effective political recourse, Locke used the arts as a strategy to win the respect of the white majority and to call to their attention the need to fully democratize democracy and Americanize America by extending full equality to all minorities.Recent scholarship has brought Locke back to life, and his philosophy of democracy, in particular, lends him renewed importance.Harvard, Harlem, Haifa -- place names that represent Locke's special involvement in philosophy, art, and religion -- are keys to understanding his life and thought. Harvard prepared Locke for distinction as the first black Rhodes Scholar in 1907 and, in 1918, awarded Locke his PhD in philosophy, thus securing his position as chair of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University from 1927 until his retirement in 1953.  used books,books Books, Kalimat Press<

ISBN: 189068838X

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