The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
$23.89
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2027
Summary
James Weldon Johnson’s trailblazing novel on passing and racial ambiguity, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.
A coming-of-age tale about a young biracial man whose light skin allows him to “pass’ for white at the turn of 20th century America. From a cigar factory in Jacksonville to an elite gambling club in New York, the unnamed narrator describes his remarkable journey through the strata of Black and white society, rubbing elbo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781454970873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1454970871 |
| Author: | James Weldon Johnson |
| Publisher: | Union Square & Co. |
| Imprint: | Union Square & Co. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Signature Editions |
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was an American writer, lawyer, and civil rights activist born in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the first Executive Secretary of the NAACP and a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
His best-known works include:
- The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912, republished in 1927)
- God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
- The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), an anthology he compiled and edited.
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