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What year did Alain LeRoy Locke become a Rhodes Scholar?

  • 1917

  • 1887

  • 1907

  • 1947

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Alain LeRoy Locke became a Rhodes Scholar in 1907. He was the first African-American to receive this honor. He attended Oxford University in England and studied philosophy, political science, and economics. After graduating from Oxford, Locke returned to the United States and became a professor of philosophy at Howard University.
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