Jeffrey Stewart was a graduate student when he first encountered Alain Locke. College students discover and forget historical figures every day, but something about Locke intrigued Stewart, today a ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

Introduction -- Negro music: types and periods -- The sorrow songs: the spirituals -- Folk seculars: blues and work songs -- Early Negro musicians -- The first age of minstrelsy -- The second age of ...

As of today, the public domain includes classics like Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs Dalloway," Alain Locke’s "The New Negro," and the silent film "Lovers in Quarantine." These works are among thousands ...

Essays. The new negro / Alain Locke -- The new negro--what is he? / A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen -- The negro in American literature / William Stanley Braithwaite -- Closed doors : a study in ...