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Reviewed on November 1, 2024 | Fiction
Murray ("7 Deadly Sins" series) presents an engaging account of an underappreciated yet pivotal figure in literary history. In 1919, high school teacher Jessie Redmon Fauset's passion for writing captures the attention of W.E.B. Du Bois and secures her a trailblazing job as the first Black woman literary editor at The Crisis, the NAACP magazine founded by Du Bois. An excited Jessie moves from Washington, DC, to New York City to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
