J. Saunders Redding

J. Saunders Redding was an African American author and educator.[1][2]

J. Saunders Redding
Born	October 13, 1906 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died	March 5, 1988 (aged 81) Ithaca, New York, United States.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Author, educator
Relatives	Louis L. Redding (brother)

Born October 13, 1906[3] in Wilmington, Delaware, Redding wrote such books as To Make a Poet Black (1939), an autobiography, No Day of Triumph (1944), Stranger and Alone (1950), They Came in Chains (1950), An American in India (1954), and Cavalcade (1970), an African American literature anthology he edited with A. P. Davis.[1]

In 1970, Redding became the first African American professor at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and then retired in 1975.[1]

Redding died on March 5, 1988 in Ithaca, New York at age 81.[1]

References

1. Fraser, C. Gerald (March 5, 1988). "J. Saunders Redding, 81, Is Dead; Pioneer Black Ivy League Teacher". The New York Times.
2. Redding, J. Saunders (March 1943). "A Negro Speaks for His People". The Atlantic Monthly. 171. p. 59.
3. "J. Saunders Redding". Encyclopædia Britannica.

External links

• Works by J. Saunders Redding at Project Gutenberg
• Britannica.com
• Works by J. Saunders Redding at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)