Jessie Fauset
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Jessie Fauset was an influential Harlem Renaissance novelist, editor, and critic whose work explored the lives and inner worlds of middle-class African Americans.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jessie Fauset canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Harlem Renaissance figure
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editor ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-04-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Snow Hill, New Jersey, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1961-04-30 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| degree | Bachelor of Arts ⓘ |
| describedBySource | important but often overlooked figure of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| employer | The Crisis ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Fauset ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | classics ⓘ |
| fullName | Jessie Redmon Fauset ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | Jessie ⓘ |
| influenced |
Claude McKay
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Langston Hughes ⓘ Nella Larsen ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NAACP
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surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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| movement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Comedy: American Style
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Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral ⓘ The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life ⓘ There Is Confusion ⓘ |
| notedFor |
portrayals of educated, middle-class Black characters
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shaping early careers of Harlem Renaissance writers through The Crisis ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ teacher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| positionHeld | literary editor of The Crisis ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Philadelphia ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
colorism
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gender roles ⓘ middle-class African American life ⓘ passing ⓘ racial identity ⓘ |
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