I would suggest, respectfully, that the Honorable Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), in 1915, was the true "Father of the Harlem Renaissance," rather than the scholar, Alain Locke, author of "The New Negro," and Howard University Professor. Garvey organized millions,globally, and held Universal Negro conventions in Harlem in 1920-1921, lasting thirty days, drawing national and international delegations. Garvey also published "The Negro World" newspaper, the "Black Man Magazine," the African Orthodox Church headed by Bishop McGuire, and the Black Star Ship Line, which was sabotaged, by which he sought to repatriate Africans in the Diaspora back to Africa, for dignity, justice.
I would suggest, respectfully, that the Honorable Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), in 1915, was the true "Father of the Harlem Renaissance," rather than the scholar, Alain Locke, author of "The New Negro," and Howard University Professor. Garvey organized millions,globally, and held Universal Negro conventions in Harlem in 1920-1921, lasting thirty days, drawing national and international delegations. Garvey also published "The Negro World" newspaper, the "Black Man Magazine," the African Orthodox Church headed by Bishop McGuire, and the Black Star Ship Line, which was sabotaged, by which he sought to repatriate Africans in the Diaspora back to Africa, for dignity, justice.