Jessie R. Fauset

Jessie Redmon Fauset 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. Her black fictional characters were working professionals which was an inconceivable concept to American society during this time. Her story lines related to themes of racial discrimination, "passing", and feminism.

27 April 1882

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Ann Peebles • Arielle Dombasle • Bryan Harvey (musician) • Charles Emmanuel III • Dana Milbank • Irving Adler • Jack Klugman • Jenna Coleman • Joe Moakley • Lim Bo Seng • Ludwig Bemelmans • Patrick Stump • Seppo Räty • Sybille Bammer • Theodor Kittelsen • Tommy Smith (saxophonist) • Warren Wood

Born in the same month (April 1882): Albert Coates (musician) • Artur Schnabel • Auguste Herbin • Bert Ironmonger • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman • Holland Smith • Hugh Dowding • Kurt von Schleicher • Leopold Stokowski • Moritz Schlick • Otz Tollen • Percy Williams Bridgman • Philippe Desranleau • Seth Bingham • Song Jiaoren