Scholar, Professor of Philosophy, Author. Born in Philadelphia. In 1907 he became the first Black Rhodes Scholar. His selection caused a dramatic impact because of the efforts of many White American scholars, specially psychologist to "prove" the intellectual inferiority of Blacks as a rational basis for segregation. He received his bachelor's degree with honors at Harvard University, a bachelor's in literature at England's Oxford university , where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a doctor of philosophy degree at Harvard. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard University and he led a successful movement to establish a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Howard University. He taught at Harvard for 41 years and he developed the curriculum for the College of Liberal Arts. He made a major contribution as an interpreter and promoter of Black art, music and culture. It is believed that he is the architect of the Harlem Renaissance.
Scholar, Professor of Philosophy, Author. Born in Philadelphia. In 1907 he became the first Black Rhodes Scholar. His selection caused a dramatic impact because of the efforts of many White American scholars, specially psychologist to "prove" the intellectual inferiority of Blacks as a rational basis for segregation. He received his bachelor's degree with honors at Harvard University, a bachelor's in literature at England's Oxford university , where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a doctor of philosophy degree at Harvard. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard University and he led a successful movement to establish a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Howard University. He taught at Harvard for 41 years and he developed the curriculum for the College of Liberal Arts. He made a major contribution as an interpreter and promoter of Black art, music and culture. It is believed that he is the architect of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Herald of Harlem Renaissance
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First African-American Rhodes Scholar
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