32 Facts About Rudolph Fisher

Rudolph John Chauncey Fisher was an American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator.

Rudolph Fisher's father was John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, his mother was Glendora Williamson Fisher, and he had two siblings.

Rudolph Fisher had a successful career as an innovative doctor and author, who discussed the dynamics and relationships of Black and White people living in Harlem.

Rudolph Fisher was the youngest of three children born to Reverend John Wesley Fisher, a Baptist pastor, and Glendora Williamson Fisher.

Rudolph Fisher graduated from Classical High School in 1915 with honors and further went to Brown University where he studied English and biology, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, and Sigma Xi.

Rudolph Fisher was a head researcher at Manhattan's International Hospital.

Rudolph Fisher completed an internship at Freedman's Hospital in one year during 1925.

Rudolph Fisher then joined a prestigious board called the Fellow at the National Research Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Rudolph Fisher started his professional writing career by contributing to journals, such as the NAACP's magazine The Crisis.

Rudolph Fisher was inspired by a friend's challenge to write this novel treating both the upper and lower classes of black Harlem equally.

Rudolph Fisher then went on in 1932 to write "The Conjure Man Dies", the first novel with a black detective as well as the first detective novel with only black characters.

Rudolph Fisher's novel was publicized by Covici-Friede making him the second African American to write a detective novel in the United States.

Rudolph Fisher wrote two short stories, the first of the two "City of Refuge", appeared in the Atlantic Monthly of February 1925, and the second, "Vestiges" both appeared in Alain Locke's anthology.

Rudolph Fisher's last published work, "Miss Cynthie" appeared in Story magazine in 1933.

Rudolph Fisher arrived in Harlem to meet her successful grandson.

Rudolph Fisher was a hard-working and religious woman who had raised her grandson in the South.

Rudolph Fisher expected him to have established himself as a member of the black professional society.

Rudolph Fisher captures the historically induced unique qualities of black people; but, and perhaps even more importantly, he writes of them basically as people.

Rudolph Fisher supported the Pan-African Congress, whose participants promoted self-determination for colonized Africans as a necessary prerequisite for complete social, economic and political emancipation.

Rudolph Fisher died in 1934 at the age of 37 from abdominal cancer likely caused by his own x-ray experimentation.

Rudolph Fisher was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.

Rudolph Fisher uses this story to comment on societal pressure to fit into a category, and to highlight the intraracial conflict within the Black community on people who do not look conventionally Black.

Rudolph Fisher used the characters Cyril Best, a black man from the Caribbean, and Punch Anderson, from the South, in order to show the relationship between these two groups.

Rudolph Fisher returned to Harlem and was astounded by the drastic change in the cabaret night scene, what was once a Black dominated space due to segregation was now a White attraction.

Rudolph Fisher then explores the different reasons why Caucasians are beginning to frequent these types of establishments, one being that White people have always had a fascination with Black entertainment, the next being the people that made these scenes lively were separating and moving to different countries for better job opportunities, and finally, that White people were finally understanding the allure of Black music and culture and wanted to be a part of it.

Rudolph Fisher uses the interactions of several characters in this novel to display how intense the conflict between African Americans in Harlem was.

Rudolph Fisher is a "dicktie" and a successful Black lawyer who is making a bold choice by moving into a White neighborhood in Harlem.

Rudolph Fisher threatened to sue Henry Patmore, a lower-class man, for $10,000 after he accidentally hit a pedestrian.

Rudolph Fisher uses the stories of his characters to mirror the culture in Harlem at the time.

Rudolph Fisher cremated the assistant in accordance with an ancient African rite which has been in his family for generations.

Rudolph Fisher had discovered his wife was having an affair with Frimbo and posed as a client in order to get Frimbo alone and kill him.

Rudolph Fisher has come to Harlem to meet her grandson, Dave Tappen, whom she raised after his mother's death.