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  • The Book Of American Negro Poetry

    by Ed. James Weldon Johnson ...
    The book of American Negro poetry presents a curated collection of poems designed to highlight artistic range, cultural voice, and literary skill across a broad group of contributors. The volume functions as both preservation and assertion, gathering varied poetic styles to demonstrate depth of expression, technical control, and emotional force. Introductory material frames the selection with ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    This fascinating story follows the life of young biracial man in early twentieth century America.  He must confront not only the racism of the society around him, but also his own racial demons.  As the novel progresses, the young man finds himself faced with the dilemma of embracing his blackness and continuing on a brilliant career as a musician, or "passing" as a white man and earning a place ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex–Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    In this classic novel from the Harlem Renaissance, a biracial musician living in the Jim Crow era chooses to pass as white and deals with the consequences.First published in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex–Colored Man is the story of an unnamed, light-skinned, biracial narrator born in a small Georgia town during the years following the Civil War. He knows nothing about race—until he and his ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    As the son of an African-American mother and a white Southern aristocrat father, the story of the Ex-Colored Man explores the challenges, successes, and insecurities that still linger in post-Reconstruction era America. As the Ex-Colored Man struggles between accepting his black heritage and passion for ragtime, and the desire to live a peaceful life, he ultimately decides to continue "passing" as ... Read more

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  • James Weldon Johnson: The Best Works

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    The Best Works of James Weldon JohnsonFifty Years And Other PoemsSelf Determining HaitiThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManThe Book Of American Negro Poetry ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    He could choose how the world would see him—but at what cost to himself? Told as a deeply personal confession, this groundbreaking novel follows a gifted young man of mixed race as he navigates America's rigid color line. Faced with discrimination, opportunity, fear, and ambition, he ultimately makes a life-altering decision to "pass" as white—gaining security while sacrificing a vital part of his ... Read more

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  • James Weldon Johnson – The Major Collection

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    The Works of James Weldon JohnsonFifty Years And Other PoemsSelf Determining HaitiThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManThe Book Of American Negro Poetry ... Read more

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  • Poetry

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    This collection contains the poems written by James Weldon Johnson between 1899 and 1927. During this period of Johnson's life, he worked as a Broadway songwriter with his brother John Rosamund in the early 1900s, served as a United States Consul in Venezuela from 1906 to 1908 and in Nicaragua from 1909 to 1913, and was appointed as the first executive secretary of the National Association for the ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    The protagonist of this fictional autobiography wrestles with race in America from the perspective of someone who learns that he is considered black but also that he can pass as white if he wants to. His personal ambitiousness and racial ambivalence makes him a sort of American Hamlet: undone by indecision. Will he be "a credit to his race" by advancing an African-American heritage he loves and ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    What would you sacrifice if the world forced you to choose between safety and your true identity? In The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, James Weldon Johnson presents a brilliant and deeply moving exploration of race, identity, and the search for belonging in America. Told through the eyes of an unnamed narrator born to mixed parentage, the novel follows his extraordinary journey from ... Read more

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  • Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels

    by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Lydia Maria Child, Harriet E. Wilson, William Wells Brown, Charles W. Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, Albion Winegar Tourgée, Sutton E. Griggs, Solomon Northup, Willie Lynch, Nat Turner, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, William Craft, Ellen Craft, Louis Hughes, Jacob D. Green, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, William Still, Sarah H. Bradford, Josiah Henson, Charles Ball, Austin Steward, Henry Bibb, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Aphra Behn, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Stephen Smith, Joseph Mountain, Ida B. Wells-Barnett ...
    'Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Former Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels' is a profound anthology that embodies a spectrum of narratives ranging from heart-wrenching slave narratives to poignant memoirs and reflective novels. This collection encapsulates the horrific experiences and the resilient spirit of those bound by chains, alongside the connected literary pursuits ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    by James Weldon Johnson ...
    What would you risk to belong? First published anonymously, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a bold and deeply moving novel by James Weldon Johnson that explores identity, race, and the price of ambition in America. Through the journey of a light-skinned African American man who chooses to "pass" as white, Johnson delivers a powerful reflection on society, opportunity, love, music, and ... Read more

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