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Jessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961) was an editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator. Her literary work helped sculpt African-American literature in the 1920s as she focused on portraying a true image of African-American life and history. [ 1 ]
[3] [1] The magazine's literary editor was Jessie Redmon Fauset. [1] Each year, The Crisis published an issue referred to as the "Children's Number", which included stories, photographs, games, poetry, and educational achievements of black children. [4]
While the magazine was originally intended to be much more of a political and news publication than a literary publication, it had undeniable impact on the Harlem Renaissance literary and arts movement during the 1920s, especially from 1918 to 1926 when Jessie Redmon Fauset served as Literary Editor.
He is the author of Party of Black (2006), A Day of Presence (2008), Bottle of Life (2010), Speak Water (2012), winner of the 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry, [1] and My TV is Not the Boss of Me (2013), Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Award Finalist 2014, [2] a children's book, illustrated by Cory Thomas.
“‘Harlem Rhapsody’ is my love letter to the extraordinary Jessie Redmon Fauset,” the author says of her forthcoming book and its protagonist
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961) Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961) Frederick Feirstein (born 1940) Irving Feldman (born 1928) Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021) Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945) Eugene Field (1850–1895) Rachel Field (1894–1942) James T. Fields (1817–1881) Annie Finch (born 1956) Mike Finley (1950–2020) Charles C ...
W.E.B. DuBois publishes The Brownies’ Books, a monthly magazine for African American children that includes fiction, poetry, and world events. Author and teacher Jessie Redmon Fauset is the editor. 1926. Historian Carter G. Woodson proposes Negro History Week. 1927. Charlemae Hill Rollins is hired by the Chicago Public Library as a children's ...
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral is a novel by Jessie Redmon Fauset first published in 1928. Written by an African-American woman who, during the 1920s, was the literary editor of The Crisis, it is often seen as an important contribution to the Harlem Renaissance. [1] [2] [3]