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has not received much critical attention. Set in New Jersey, this novel explores the longing for "respectability" among the contemporary
African-American middle class. The protagonist Laurentine seeks to overcome her "bad blood" through marriage to a "decent" man. Ultimately, Laurentine must redefine
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minister, and Annie (née Seamon) Fauset. Jessie's mother died when she was young, and her father remarried. He had three children with his second wife Bella, a white Jewish woman who converted to
Christianity. Bella brought three children to the family from her first marriage. Both parents emphasized
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acknowledge Fauset in his 1986 essay "Jessie Fauset: A Modern
Apostle of Black Racial Pride" for showing "awareness of African American cultural history" and demonstrating how to celebrate "black identity". Jenkins also argues that Fauset is alongside other early black feminists because in addition
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as white, for temporary convenience or advantage: for instance, to get better service in a store or restaurant, or to gain a job. Others entered white society nearly permanently to take advantage of economic and social opportunities, sometimes leaving darker-skinned relatives behind. This issue was
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manuscript rejected it, saying that "white readers just don’t expect negroes to be like this". Despite the mixed discussion on Fauset’s work in the 1920s, by the 1930s people stopped talking about her and she became a forgotten writer. Locke felt that the reason people stopped talking about Fauset
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professor
Montgomery Gregory gave praise to Fauset’s work because he felt she made clear of the "better elements" of African-American life "to those who know us only as domestic servants, 'uncles', or criminals". Although Fauset received many positive reviews on her literary work in the 1920s, she
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In 1929, when she was 47, Fauset married for the first time, to insurance broker
Herbert Harris. They moved from New York City to Montclair, New Jersey, where they led a quieter life. Harris died in 1958. She moved back to Philadelphia with her step-brother, one of Bella's children. Fauset died on
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written by a white man about black life, could not fully portray her people. Fauset thought there was a dearth of positive depictions of
African-American lives in contemporary literature. She was inspired to portray African-American life both as realistically, and as positively, as possible, and
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she contributed poems and short stories, as well as a novella, translations from the French of writings by black authors from Europe and Africa, and a multitude of editorials. She also published accounts of her extensive travels. Notably, Fauset included five essays, including "Dark
Algiers the
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Fauset's last novel, explores the destructive power of "color mania" among
African Americans, some of whom discriminated within the black community on the basis of skin color. The protagonist's mother Olivia brings about the downfall of the other characters due to her own such internalized
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she worked for decades as a French teacher in public schools in
Washington, DC, and New York City. She published four novels during the 1920s and 1930s, exploring the lives of the black middle class. She also was the editor and co-author of the African-American children's magazine
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also faced negative feedback as well. Her new literary perspective was not received with open arms by everyone because it went against the stereotypical image white Americans made of middle-class African Americans. The first publisher ever to see the
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wrote about the middle-class life she knew of as an educated person. At the same time, she worked to explore contemporary issues of identity among African Americans, including issues related to the community's assessment of skin color. Many were of
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by promoting literary work that related to the social movements of this era. Through her work as a literary editor and reviewer, she encouraged black writers to represent the African-American community realistically and positively.
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After eight years serving as Literary Editor, Fauset found that conflicts between her and Du Bois were taking their toll. In February 1927, she resigned her position. She was listed as a "Contributing Editor" the next month.
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The Great Migration resulted in many African Americans moving to industrial cities; in some cases, individuals used this change as freedom to try on new identities. Some used partial European ancestry and appearance to
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to focusing on racial identity, she explores "female consciousness". Fauset is recognized today as an important contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. American and African-American literature professor
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protagonist, Angela Murray, who has partial European ancestry, passes for white in order to gain some advantages. In the course of the novel, she eventually reclaims her African-American identity.
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It was not until after the 1970s, a period of a feminist movement, that Fauset began to regain praise. In 1981, author Carolyn Wedin Sylvander wrote a book about Fauset,
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in upstate New York, graduating in 1905 with a degree in classical languages. During her time at Cornell University in 1903 through part of 1904, Fauset lived at
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After leaving the magazine, Fauset concentrated on writing novels, while supporting herself through teaching. From 1927 to 1944, she taught French at
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was her half-brother. Her father died when she was young; two of her half-siblings were still under the age of five. She attended the
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Jenkins, Wilbert. 1986. “Jessie Fauset: A Modern Apostle of Black Racial Pride.” The Zora Neale Hurston Forum 1 (1): 14–24.
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assumes the proportions of an important book; it is well executed, so well, in fact, that no Ku Kluxer could stand it."
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of the NAACP. She served in that position until 1926. Fauset became a member of the NAACP and represented them in the
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is considered the most prolific literary period of the magazine's run. In July 1918, Fauset became a contributor to
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sending articles for the "Looking Glass" column from her home in Philadelphia. By the next July, managing editor
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She was born Jessie Redmona Fauset (later known as Jessie Redmon Fauset) on April 27, 1882, in Fredericksville,
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requested she move to New York to become the full-time Literary Editor. By October, she was installed in the
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instead. Carey Thomas would prevent any black or Jewish students from attending Bryn Mawr during her tenure.
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Sims, Janet L. (1980). "Jessie Redmon Fauset (1885-1961): A Selected Annotated Bibliography".
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As Literary Editor, Fauset fostered the careers of many of the most well-known authors of the
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Johnson, Arthur (1978). "Literary Midwife: Jessie Redmon Fauset and the Harlem Renaissance".
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The Genius of Democracy: Fictions of Gender and Citizenship in the United States, 1860-1945.
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West, Kathryn (2004). "Fauset, Jessie Redmon". In Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (eds.).
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Writing African American Women: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color
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Black Family (Dys)Function in Novels by Jessie Fauset, Nella Larsen & Fannie Hurst.
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Joseph J. Feeny, "Jessie Fauset of The Crisis: Novelist, Feminist, Centenarian" (1983).
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New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse.
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Johnson (1978). "Literary Midwife: Jessie Redmon Fauset and the Harlem Renaissance".
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American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
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Austin, Rhonda. "Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)." in Champion, Laurie. ed,
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education for their children. Civil rights activist and anthropologist
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Middlebrow Moderns: Popular American Women Writers of the 1920s
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April 30, 1961, from heart disease and is interred at
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Jessie Redmon Fauset portrait by Laura Wheeler Waring
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
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Camden County, Snow Hill Center Township, New Jersey
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446:The Brownies' Book.
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