June 9. On this date in 1954, Alain Leroy Locke died. He was the father of the Harlem Renaissance, a Bahá'í, and an open homosexual who called his sexual orientation his "vulnerable/invulnerability," viewing it as a risk but also his strength.

June 9. On this date in 1954, Alain Leroy Locke died. He was the father of the Harlem Renaissance, a Bahá'í, and an open homosexual who called his sexual orientation his "vulnerable/invulnerability," viewing it as a risk but also his strength.