Arthur Fauset
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Arthur Huff Fauset was an American civil rights activist, anthropologist, folklorist, and educator. Born in Flemington, New Jersey, he grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended Central High School.
Black Opals literary journal, co-founded by Fauset and Nellie Rathbone Bright
Crystal Bird Fauset
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Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset was a civil rights activist, social worker, race relations specialist, and the first African American woman elected to a state legislature in the United States, based in Phil
Arthur Fauset
…Public School, an elementary school in North Philadelphia, for 20 years. In 1931, Fauset married civil rights activist and race relations specialist Crystal Dreda Bird. Among other political activities, she would become the first female African American state legislator in 1938, based out of Philadelphia. In 1935…
Crystal Bird Fauset
May 1943: President of Liberia, Edwin Barclay, meets Office of Civilian Defense special consultant, Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, after a press conference in Washington, D.C.