African American History Month

February 23, 2012

12:00 p. m.

Join us in commemorating the life and vision of

Jessie Redmon Fauset

 Dr. Catherine Johnson will present a lecture on Jessie Redmon Fauset who served as literary editor of the Crisis, published by the NAACP, from 1919-1921. For this job, she moved. She also traveled and lectured extensively, including overseas, during her tenure with the Crisis. Jessie Fauset wrote many of the articles, stories, and poems herself, and also promoted such writers as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer. Her role in discovering, promoting, and giving a platform to African American writers helped to create an authentic "black voice" in American literature.



Hollis F. Price Library
Alumni Room
Light refreshments will be provided
For additional information contact: 901-435-1352