 After reading Alain Locke's book "", a critique of the Harlem Renaissance, White's social views changed.He learned after reading Locke's text about important African American figures in American history, and questioned his teachers on why they were not taught to students in school, causing some to label him a "rebel problematic child".White did not graduate from high school, having lost a year due to his refusal to attend class after being disillusioned with the teaching system.