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“How sweet to revel in the world of books" 

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Philosopher, scholar, journalist, and educator, Alain Locke is considered the Father of the Harlem Renaissance for his support of, and writings on, the cultural movement that empowered generations of black people. A Harvard graduate, Locke was named the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, but he still experienced racism and discrimination at Oxford—a particularly heavy blow considering, like many black artists and intellectuals, Locke sought in Europe freedom from America’s ceaseless oppression. Compounding his difficulties as a black man, Locke was a homosexual, and the following edited excerpt from The New Negro, Jeffrey C. Stewart’s definitive new biography on the scholar, details his unrequited attempts at wooing legendary Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.

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Debbie Reynolds. Photographed by Phil Stern. (1950s)

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Malcolm X at Oxford with Eric Abrahams, the Student Union president, before addressing university students on the subject of extremism and liberty on December 3, 1964.

Eric Abrahams was a Jamaican Rhodes Scholar who came to St. Peter’s College, Oxford, in 1962, to study Law. He served as President of the Oxford Union in Michaelmas Term 1964 (the second student from the Caribbean to hold that office). Abrahams invited Malcolm X to speak at the Union debate and he also participated. 

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Malcolm X photographed by Gordon Parks for LIFE magazine promoting the Muhammad Speaks newspaper, 1962.

On the night of April 27, 1962, scores of policemen ransacked the Nation of Islam Mosque in Los Angeles and wounded seven unarmed Muslims, leaving Ronald Stokes dead and William Rogers who is seen in the wheelchair above paralyzed.

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Malcolm X taking a picture of Muhammad Ali at the Hampton House in Miami, 1964.

Photo by Howard Bingham

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The Future of Radio (Frontispiece), in Hugo Gernsback’s, Radio For All, 1922, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia & London. Illustration by Frank R. Paul.

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Build Your Own Vacation Home, 1961 

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Postal workers with motor scooters, Washington, 1917

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SYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE, LOW HEART RATE VARIABILITY, AND YOUR ILL HEALTH

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Victor Hugo On his deathbed, 1885

by  Félix Nadar