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J. Saunders Redding
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| Born | October 13, 1906 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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| Died | March 5, 1988 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupation | Author, educator |
| Relatives | Louis L. Redding (brother) |
J. Saunders Redding (October 13, 1906 - March 5, 1988) was a professor and author in the United States. He was the first African American faculty member in the Ivy League.
Early life
Jay Saunders Redding was born October 13, 1906 in Wilmington, Delaware. 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.
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. In 1970, Redding became the first African American professor at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and then retired in 1975.
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.
Redding died on March 5, 1988 in Ithaca, New York at age 81.
