April 19 Poet of the Day is Jessie Redmond Fauset. A scholar and novelist, she was the first black woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Read about this pioneering woman here:
Additional information on Jessie Redmond Fauset:
Poets.org: Rondeau, a poem by Jessie Redmond Fauset http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/23953
Dead Fires by Fauset: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19689
About.com: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/harlemrenaissance/p/jessie_fauset.htm
Voices From the Gap: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/fausetJessie.php
Black Past: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/fauset-jessie-r-1882-1961
Harlem Renaissance: http://harlemrenaissancepoets7.wikispaces.com/Jessie+Redmon+Fauset
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