What prestigious scholarship did Alain LeRoy Locke attain in 1907?
Fullbright
Rhodes Scholarship
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Marshall
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Alain LeRoy Locke attained the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship in 1907. The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully funded scholarship that allows students to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Locke was the first African American to receive the scholarship. He went on to become a prominent philosopher, educator, and civil rights activist.
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