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): Anouk Aimée • Corey Seager • Edward Whymper • Erik Thomson • Frank Catalanotto • François Béroalde de Verville • Igor Oistrakh • Im Sang-soo • James Mann (South Carolina politician) • Jules Lemaître • Keenan Allen • Lim Bo Seng • Lizzo • Nick Greiner • Pik Botha • Seppo Räty • Sheena Easton • Sybille Bammer • Taylor Chorney • Vernon B. Romney • Walter Lantz • Yoshihiro Togashi

Born in the same month (April 1882): Albert Coates (musician) • Artur Schnabel • Bert Ironmonger • Frederick Francis IV • Hugh Dowding • Isaac Babalola Akinyele • Leopold Stokowski • Natalia Sedova • Philippe Desranleau • Song Jiaoren