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Alain Locke

First Name
Alain
Last Name
Locke
Birth Day
13
Birth Month
9
Birth Year
1885
Death Day
9
Death Month
6
Death Year
1954
Ethnicity
Black

00667 | "Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet" in Negro: An Anthology

Title Formatted
"Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet" in Negro: An Anthology
References Slavery?
No
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. “Sterling Brown: The New Negro Folk Poet.” Negro: an Anthology, edited by Nancy Cunard, 1934.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1934
Publication Month
0
Publication Day
0
File Location
Not in Dropbox
Unique ID
00667

00807 | "Frontiers of Culture"

Title Formatted
"Frontiers of Culture"

Publication

Illustrations?
No illustrations
Use of Terms
New Negro
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Attachments
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. “Frontiers of Culture.” The Crescent vol. 33, Spring 1950, p. 37-39.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1950
Publication Month
0
Publication Day
0
File Location
Dropbox (Section VI)
Unique ID
00807
File Name
197 Locke Frontiers of Culture.pdf

00755 | "Case of a Minority: Predicament of a Majority, The"

Title Formatted
"Case of a Minority: Predicament of a Majority, The"

Publication

Illustrations?
Photographs
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. "The Case of a Minority: Predicament of a Majority." Chicago Defender, 26 Sept. 1942, p. 31.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1942
Publication Month
9
Publication Day
26
File Location
Dropbox (1929-1968)
Unique ID
00755
File Name
Locke, The Case of a Minority Predicament of a Majority, 1942

00717 | "The Negro: 'New' or Newer?"

Title Formatted

"The Negro: 'New' or Newer?"

Publication

Use of Terms
New Negro
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Formatted Full Citation

Locke, Alain. "The Negro: 'New' or Newer?" Opportunity, Jan-Feb. 1939.

Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1939
Publication Month
1
Publication Day
0
File Location
Dropbox (August Additions)
Unique ID
00717
File Name
Locke's The New Negro New or Newer, Opportunity

00560 | "Art or Propaganda?"

Title Formatted
"Art or Propaganda?"
Illustrations?
Drawings
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. “Art or Propaganda?” Harlem: A Forum of Negro Life, Nov. 1928.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1928
Publication Month
11
Publication Day
0
File Location
Dropbox (Section VI)
Unique ID
00560
File Name
174 Locke- Art or Propaganda- 1928.pdf

00487 | "Our Little Renaissance"

Title Formatted
"Our Little Renaissance"

Publication

Illustrations?
Drawings
Use of Terms
New Negro
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. "Our Little Renaissance." Opportunity, 1927, p. 117-118.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1927
Publication Month
0
Publication Day
0
File Location
Dropbox (August Additions)
Unique ID
00487
File Name
Our Little Renaissance Alain Locke Opportunity Magazine

00413 | Letter from Alain Locke to Claude McKay

Title Formatted
Letter from Alain Locke to Claude McKay
Illustrations?
No illustrations
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Images
132 Locke Letter to Claude McKay- 1925_
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. Letter to Claude McKay. 13 Mar. 1925.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1925
Publication Month
3
Publication Day
13
File Location
Dropbox (Section V)
Unique ID
00413
File Name
132 Locke Letter to Claude McKay- 1925_.jpg

00411 | "Enter the New Negro"

Title Formatted
"Enter the New Negro"

Publication

Illustrations?
No illustrations
Use of Terms
New Negro
Old Negro
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. “Enter the New Negro.” Survey Graphic, Mar. 1925, p. 631-634.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1925
Publication Month
3
Publication Day
0
File Location
Dropbox (Section V)
Unique ID
00411
File Name
130 Locke- Enter the New Negro- 1925.pdf

00403 | "New Negro, The"

Title Formatted
"New Negro, The"

Publication

Illustrations?
Drawings
Use of Terms
New Negro
Old Negro
References Slavery?
No
Pro- or Anti-New Negro?
Pro
Attachments
Formatted Full Citation
Locke, Alain. “The New Negro.” The New Negro, 1925.
Reprint?
No
Publication Year
1925
Publication Month
0
Publication Day
0
File Location
Dropbox (Section V)
Unique ID
00403
File Name
131 Locke- The New Negro- 1925.pdf