Coexisting in The Harlem Renaissance: Jessie R. Fauset
The 1920’s, Harlem Renaissance, was a period of where joyous moments seemed almost inevitable to forget. It was a time of where people were relentlessly free. Poets, singers, jazz musicians, political leaders, authors, and so much more were on the rise. Literature played an important factor to many lives. Poetry was an influence because it was a way of African Americans expressing their feelings and opinions; of how society was being portrayed at that time. It was soothing and the events led to people wanting to hear more and more, especially during the 1920’s. Jessie R. Fauset, an african american female poet, was one of many that brought light to the 1920’s. Born on April 27th ,1882 …show more content…
She then relocated to Washington D.C., teaching high school students at Dunbar high school. In 1919, Faucet became literary editor of a well-known magazine- of its time, The Crisis. The Crisis was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and originally publicized through NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). This was initiated as a way to teach African American descendants about their history and their heritage. Jessie Fauset's contribution during the Harlem Renaissance helped influence and encourage many African American literary artists on the rise such as Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Claude Mckay.
She is known as an “essayist, poet, and novelist.” Her published works that she is known for are: There is Confusion (1924), Plum Bun (1928), The Chinaberry Tree (1931), and Comedy: American Style (1933). Her purpose focused moreless on the economic, cultural, and social struggles of black lives that had still remained during the era of the 1920’s. The characters in her works “continued to deal with prejudice, constrained opportunities and cultural compromises.” Two of her novels weren’t as successful, but later resigned from working at The Crisis and returned to her job as a teacher in
The 1920’s, Harlem Renaissance, was a period of where joyous moments seemed almost inevitable to forget. It was a time of where people were relentlessly free. Poets, singers, jazz musicians, political leaders, authors, and so much more were on the rise. Literature played an important factor to many lives. Poetry was an influence because it was a way of African Americans expressing their feelings and opinions; of how society was being portrayed at that time. It was soothing and the events led to people wanting to hear more and more, especially during the 1920’s. Jessie R. Fauset, an african american female poet, was one of many that brought light to the 1920’s. Born on April 27th ,1882 …show more content…
She then relocated to Washington D.C., teaching high school students at Dunbar high school. In 1919, Faucet became literary editor of a well-known magazine- of its time, The Crisis. The Crisis was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and originally publicized through NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). This was initiated as a way to teach African American descendants about their history and their heritage. Jessie Fauset's contribution during the Harlem Renaissance helped influence and encourage many African American literary artists on the rise such as Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Claude Mckay.
She is known as an “essayist, poet, and novelist.” Her published works that she is known for are: There is Confusion (1924), Plum Bun (1928), The Chinaberry Tree (1931), and Comedy: American Style (1933). Her purpose focused moreless on the economic, cultural, and social struggles of black lives that had still remained during the era of the 1920’s. The characters in her works “continued to deal with prejudice, constrained opportunities and cultural compromises.” Two of her novels weren’t as successful, but later resigned from working at The Crisis and returned to her job as a teacher in