Locke and Du Bois held opposing views on whether art must serve propaganda.

Evidence

Du Bois contended that all art was propaganda; Locke believed that it was “a tap root of vigorous, flourishing living,” and that the creative explosion of the 1920s represented a new phase of Black life in America. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 930

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to any later chapters on the Harlem Renaissance and the political-vs-aesthetic debate in Black art; useful contrast with Booker T. Washington / Du Bois debate framework.