J. Saunders Redding

J. Saunders Redding (October 13, 1906 - March 2, 1988) was a professor and author in the United States. He was the first African American faculty member in the Ivy League.[1][2][3]

J. Saunders Redding
BornOctober 13, 1906
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
DiedMarch 2, 1988(1988-03-02) (aged 81)
Ithaca, New York, United States.
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University
Occupation(s)Author, educator
RelativesLouis L. Redding (brother)

Early life

Jay Saunders Redding was born October 13, 1906, in Wilmington, Delaware.[4] After a year at Lincoln University, Redding transferred to Brown University, where he graduated in 1928. Redding received his master's degree from Brown in 1932.[5]

Career

In 1949, Redding was hired as a visiting professor at Brown University, becoming the first African American to teach at an Ivy League institution.[6] In 1970, Redding became the first African American professor at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and then retired in 1975.[2]

Works

Redding's literary works include To Make a Poet Black (1939), an autobiography, No Day of Triumph (1944), Stranger and Alone (1950), They Came in Chains (1950, revised edition 1973), An American in India (1954), and Cavalcade (1970), an African American literature anthology he edited with Arthur P. Davis.[2]

Redding died on March 5, 1988, in Ithaca, New York at age 81.[2]

References
  1. Gimenes, Livia (2021-02-18). "The Ivy League's first Black faculty member: J. Saunders Redding's impact on literature and academia". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. Fraser, C. Gerald (March 5, 1988). "J. Saunders Redding, 81, Is Dead; Pioneer Black Ivy League Teacher". The New York Times.
  3. Redding, J. Saunders (March 1943). "A Negro Speaks for His People". The Atlantic Monthly. Vol. 171. p. 59.
  4. "J. Saunders Redding". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  5. "Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Redding, Jay Saunders". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  6. Fraser, C. Gerald (1988-03-05). "J. Saunders Redding, 81, Is Dead; Pioneer Black Ivy League Teacher (Published 1988)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-19.


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