Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… an interest in their languages and cultures, he described black Africans as “despicable specimens of human beings”, who … he is generally hated by Afrikaners and, especially, by black Africans. In stark contrast to his behaviour in life, … Rhodes Scholars are: Alain L. Locke (1907) First black scholar - gay writer, philosopher, educator - "Dean” of …