Presented here is selection of poems by Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882 – 1961), a multi-talented, influential figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s.

Fauset was the literary editor of the magazine of the NAACP, The Crisis, and in her own right was a poet, essayist, translator, and novelist.

While working at The Crisis, she had the opportunity to publish her own work, which included editorials, stories, and  poetry. All of the genres in which she wrote were appreciated by readers and literary critics alike. Read More→