Fauset, Jessie Redmon - Introduction

Fauset, Jessie Redmon 1884?–1961

Fauset was a black American novelist, editor, critic, and poet. In the controversy between assimilation and separatism, Fauset hoped for the former and she consistently represented the aspiring black middle classes in her fiction. However, her editorial and critical work on The Crisis, an influential black literary journal, demonstrates her sympathy for the Harlem Renaissance writers who concentrated on the uniqueness of their race.