1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hi everyone, I'm Eaves and welcome to This 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: Day in History Class, a podcast where we tear a 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: page out of the book of History every day. Today 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: is a The day was April two. Writer Jesse Redman 6 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: Fosette was born in Camden, New Jersey. Fosette was the 7 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: literary editor of the journal The Crisis and an important 8 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 1: figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Jesse was a seventh child 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: born to Redman and Annie Fosette. Her mother died soon 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: after she was born. Her father then moved to Philadelphia 11 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: and married Bella Huff, who had three of her own children. Together, 12 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: Redman and Bella had three more children. Jesse graduate at 13 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: it with honors from Philadelphia High School for Girls. Jesse 14 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: got a scholarship to Cornell University, where she majored in 15 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: classical languages. She graduated from the university in nineteen o five. 16 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: Because she was black, the city of Philadelphia would not 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: hire her to teach in the public school system, so 18 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: she taught at Douglas High School in Baltimore for a year. 19 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: Then she moved to Washington, d c. To teach French 20 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: and Latin at a high school for fourteen years. Folsette 21 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: began to write for the in Double A CPS magazine 22 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: The Crisis in nineteen twelve. The Double A CP or 23 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is 24 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: a civil rights organization that was formed in nineteen o nine. 25 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: In nineteen ten, The Crisis was founded with W. E. B. 26 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: Du Bois as the editor and co founder. Folk sett 27 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: published several short stories, poems, articles, and book reviews in 28 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: The Crisis before she became literary editor of the journal. 29 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: In nineteen nineteen, she moved to New York to take 30 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: the posit s and until nineteen six she took over 31 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: a lot of du Bois's work at The Crisis. During 32 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: her time there, she lectured and traveled around the world. 33 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: As literary editor, she brought a lot of writers who 34 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: were just starting off in their careers to the spotlight. 35 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: Some of those people were Langston Hughes and Spencer, Gene Tumor, 36 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: Claude Mackay, and County Cullen. These writers became important figures 37 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: in the Harlem Renaissance, and fo set herself continued to 38 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: write for The Crisis. For instance, her essay The Gift 39 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: of Laughter focused on black actors and stereotyping, and from 40 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: nineteen to nineteen one she wrote hundreds of signed and 41 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: unsigned stories, poems, and articles for a monthly magazine for 42 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: black children called The Brownies Book. Fol St also published 43 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: several novels, inspired by the lack of fully formed depictions 44 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: of black life in fiction at the time. Her first 45 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: was there As Confusion, published in nineteen four. Folsets novels 46 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: were known for their portrayal of middle class Black life. 47 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: Her second novel, plum Bun, was published in ninety eight. 48 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: Folsette left The Crisis in nineteen six and began teaching 49 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: French at a high school in the Bronx. She married 50 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: Herbert Harris in ninete. The couple later moved to New Jersey, 51 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: where they lived until his death in nineteen fifty eight. 52 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: Folsette then moved back to Philadelphia to live with her brother, 53 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: where she lived until she died in nineteen sixty one. 54 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: Over the course of her life, she opened new pathways 55 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: for black literature and promoted more honest and realistic depictions 56 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: of Black people. 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