Jessie Redmon Fauset

Fauset graduated from Cornell University in 1905. In 1919, she received her master's degree in French from Cornell. From 1919 to 1926, she was the editor of The Crisis, a NAACP magazince. Besides serving as editor, she wrote and published poetry on the side. In her novels, which include, There is Confusion, Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral, The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life, and Comedy American Style, she explored race.