Alain Locke Stan Account

the New Negro.

[Alain Locke Stan Account @thenewnegro]

Location: 596 Lenox Ave #598, New York, NY 10037

The Savoy Ballroom was a social gathering hub full of music and dance. Locke, in addition to his New Negro partners such as W. E. B. DuBois, donated prizes in Harlem card tournaments on the behalf of the ballroom.

[Alain Locke Stan Account @thenewnegro]

Location: Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138

Locke graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in Philosophy in 1918. His dissertation covered the issue of classification in theory of value. Locke graduated with honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

[Alain Locke Stan Account @thenewnegro]

Location: 180 W 135th St, New York, NY 10030

The Harlem Y.M.C.A was a gathering place for African Americans to network and grow culturally. Locke is known to have worked with Langston Hughes and others at the Y to edit Harlem: The Mecca of the New Negro.

[Alain Locke Stan Account @thenewnegro]

Location: 253 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027

The Apollo Theater was, and still is, a staple in Harlem's history. Alain Locke would have visited the Apollo Theatre to gather research and compile the argument for the New Negro. A prominent event held would include Amateur Night.

[Alain Locke Stan Account @thenewnegro]

Location: 1326 R Street Northwest, Washington DC 20009, USA

Locke's old residence while teaching English at Howard University in 1912. Here, he would've been preparing lessons, and possibly begin drafting The New Negro, which was published only 13 years later.