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What Philadelphian, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard Univ. in 1908, was the first African American to be a Rhodes Scholar?

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What Philadelphian, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard Univ. in 1908, was the first African American to be a Rhodes Scholar?

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Alain Locke, who graduated from Central High School at age 15, earned a Litt. D. from Oxford Univ. in 1911. He became a noted author, and was chairman of the philosophy department at Howard Univ. for over 40 years. Source: FWP. Philadelphia; A Guide to the Nation’s Birthplace. 1937, p.